My first "Embracing Jesus One Red Letter Paragraph At A Time" scripture came to a bit of a surprise to me. I had not even opened my Bible before I decided to do this to see what I would read first , I did not decide which of the accounts I would use, but I opened to John, so I will be using John.
The first red letters I found were on the second page in my Bible in the book of John. And as I read them, I smiled and laughed. In the notorious words of myself "I literally LOL'd."
John 1:36-39 (NIV)
When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, "Look, the Lamb of God!". When the two disciples heard him say this they followed Jesus. Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked "What do you want?" They said "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?" "Come" he replied, "and you will see."
This makes me think of all sorts of things, but the first thing that came to my mind is the simplicity of Christ in this moment. His first words He spoke to them were "come". He did not give them a list of reasons why, but just "come". He did not ask them about their history, their backgrounds, who were their friends, or anything like that. He did not ask if they were perfect, if they had life figured out, he just told them to "come"
I am literally sitting back in my chair trying to elaborate on this and I simply cant. I have gotten more out of this four letter word than in a million reads I have done lately, as I discovered Him speak it to them on these pages and to me that I can only sit in awe. They wanted to know where Jesus was staying... and when I read that I wanted to answer it for them for their future "In you!" But He had not told them that, He was still flesh walking across the dirt. He did not have a permanent residence, until He rose and filled His believers up with Himself and this was long after He spoke these words. Our bodies become His temple, His resting place. He was about to show them that and so much more. Goosebumps. 
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