John 1:40-42
Pastor Checkerz Williams

WE NEED TO SEE THE VALUE OF INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE
 “Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard
John and followed him. 41 He first found his own brother Simon
and told him, ‘We have found the Messiah’ (which is translated
“the Christ”), 42 and he brought Simon to Jesus.” (John 1:40-42a)
 God may not be asking you to preach the Gospel in front of
hundreds, or thousands, but He IS calling on you to reach
your one.
 Reaching your one may result in your one reaching the
masses.
WE NEED TO SEE THE VALUE OF INSIGNIFICANT GIFTS
 “There’s a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish —but
what are they for so many?” (John 6:8-9)
 No gift is insignificant in the hands of Jesus.
 [Jesus] looked up and saw the rich dropping their offerings into the
temple treasury. He also saw a poor widow dropping in two tiny
coins. “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more
than all of them. For all these people have put in gifts out of their
surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live
on.” (Luke 21:1-4)
 God’s ability to use a gift is in no way hindered or enhanced
by the size of that gift.
 It is the sacrificial faithfulness of the giver, not the size of the
gift, that is the true measure of the gift’s significance.
 It’s not the greatness of the gift that counts, but rather the
greatness of the God to whom it is given.
WE NEED TO SEE THE VALUE OF INCONSPICUOUS SERVICE
 “Don’t work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but as
slaves of Christ, do God’s will from your heart.” (Ephesians 6:6)
 A true disciple of Jesus focuses on serving for his/her
audience of One (God), regardless of whether recognition by
people is received.
 No act of service offered to God is insignificant.

 “Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame
the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame
the strong. God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in
the world—what is viewed as nothing—to bring to nothing what is
viewed as something, so that no one may boast in his presence.”
(1 Corinthians 1:27-29)