<p>1:39 <em>He said to them: Come, and you shall see. They went therefore, and saw where he stayed; and they stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour</em>- As noted on :38, the Lord abides in hearts through the Spirit. But that will only be perceived if we ourselves come after Him, consciously following Him in our thinking and life decisions.</p><p>Consider the way that Jesus says: &quot;Come and see&quot;- and somehow Philip finds himself soon afterwards using those very same words when talking with his friend Nathanael: &quot;Come and see&quot; (:46). And so reflection upon the actual words of Jesus, a love of them, allowing them to abide in us, is a major part of what it means to be a Christian, a Christ-like one. Consciously or unconsciously, we shall begin to speak, think and reason as He did; to have His spirit in us, both developing it consciously, and being open to receiving it. This is where those red letter Bibles, which print the words of Jesus in red, are really a helpful focus for us.</p><p>In John, the Lord often invites men to &quot;come&quot; (Jn. 1:39; 4:16; 5:40; 7:37; 21:12); and members of &ldquo;the bride&quot; also, quite naturally and artlessly, invite others to &quot;come&quot; too (Jn. 1:41,45,46; 4:29). My point is that the natural response of the one who hears is to say to others &quot;come&quot;. It won't be something which has to be done as a great act of the will, we won't need to be fed with ideas by some preaching Committee; he that hears will say, &quot;Come&quot;.</p>