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Welcome to Day 2136 of Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.\nThis is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom\nThe Gospel of John \u2013 4 \u2013 Five Guys Who Followed In Faith \u2013 Daily Wisdom\nPutnam Church Message \u2013 02/13/2022\nThe Gospel of John \u2013 Part 2 Presentation Of The Word \u2013 Five Guys Who Followed In Faith\nToday we continue our Good News series according to John the Apostle. This message focuses on the first five of Jesus\u2019s twelve disciples.\n\nBefore we examine these five guys, let\u2019s read John 1:35-51.\n\nJohn 1:35-51\n\nThe following day John was again standing with two of his disciples.\xa0As Jesus walked by, John looked at him and declared, \u201cLook! There is the Lamb of God!\u201d\xa0When John\u2019s two disciples heard this, they followed Jesus.\n\nJesus looked around and saw them following.\xa0\u201cWhat do you want?\u201d\xa0he asked them.\n\nThey replied, \u201cRabbi\u201d (which means \u201cTeacher\u201d), \u201cwhere are you staying?\u201d\n\n\u201cCome and see,\u201d\xa0he said. It was about four o\u2019clock in the afternoon when they went with him to the place where he was staying, and they remained with him the rest of the day.\n\nAndrew, Simon Peter\u2019s brother, was one of these men who heard what John said and then followed Jesus.\xa0(author John was the other one) Andrew went to find his brother, Simon, and told him, \u201cWe have found the Messiah\u201d (which means \u201cChrist\u201d).\n\nThen Andrew brought Simon to meet Jesus. Looking intently at Simon, Jesus said,\xa0\u201cYour name is Simon, son of John\u2014but you will be called Cephas\u201d\xa0(which means \u201cPeter\u201d).\n\nThe next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him,\xa0\u201cCome, follow me.\u201d\xa0\xa0Philip was from Bethsaida, Andrew and Peter\u2019s hometown.\n\nPhilip went to look for Nathanael and told him, \u201cWe have found the very person Moses\xa0and the prophets wrote about! His name is Jesus, the son of Joseph from Nazareth.\u201d\n\n\u201cNazareth!\u201d exclaimed Nathanael. \u201cCan anything good come from Nazareth?\u201d\n\n\u201cCome and see for yourself,\u201d Philip replied.\n\nAs they approached,/ Jesus said,\xa0\u201cNow here is a genuine son of Israel\u2014a man of complete integrity.\u201d\n\n\u201cHow do you know about me?\u201d Nathanael asked.\n\nJesus replied,\xa0\u201cI could see you under the fig tree before Philip found you.\u201dThen Nathanael exclaimed, \u201cRabbi, you are the Son of God\u2014the King of Israel!\u201d \xa0Jesus asked him,\xa0\u201cDo you believe this just because I told you I had seen you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.\u201d\xa0Then he said,\xa0\u201cI tell you the truth, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God going up and down on the Son of Man, the one who is the stairway between heaven and earth.\u201d\n\nMost of us can remember what was referred to as the Cold War, which was never more frigid than during the 1970s. It seemed that nothing would stop the creeping spread of communism. One by one, capitalist nations in Europe, Asia, and Africa either crumbled before the Soviet military or fell under the spell of socialism.\n\nFew in the United States feared a military assault from the East. Instead, the genuine threat...