Come and See: A Call for Intimacy.

John 1:45-46. If you're familiar with this passage, you'll remember that after encountering Jesus Christ, Nathanael realized that he found the Son of God, the King of Israel. How many times we've failed to hear Jesus' voice when He was knocking at the door of our hearts? How many times we heard his voice but refused to open the door? Revelation 3:20. Then one day we opened our hearts and Jesus entered and He ate with us. But as time went by, we lost our first love and our desire for intimacy with Him, our fellowship with Him that once was precious and constant, became casual. Revelation 2:4. Unfortunately for many people, Jesus from being their first love, became unwanted and was replaced with another "lover" (money, pleasure, religion, etc). More and more i can see that only those who are willing to take their cross and follow Jesus Christ are the ones who will have intimacy with Him, who will become His close friends. Proverbs 18:24. In order to become Jesus' friends, we must do whatever He tells us, otherwise we will never experience the fullness of His friendship. John 15:14. The best example of intimacy with Jesus was John the Apostle. They became so close that Jesus called John the son of Mary: John 19:25-27. John was the only disciple who stood by the cross, he wasn't afraid to die for the One he loved, because the One he loved was dying for him. Love was the reason why John was following Jesus, even facing death. 1 John 4:18.