Here we see the dynamic of witness. Look at what took place. Jesus met Philip and he called him, and Philip followed Jesus. Philip was much like Andrew; he could not keep a secret. When Andrew discovered Jesus, he ran to find his brother and said to him, "Come, Peter. I have found the Messiah." So with the same manner of enthusiasm, Philip went and found his friend Nathanael. He told Nathanael that he was sure that this was the Messiah. But Nathanael was skeptical. He was probably skeptical for several reasons. William Barclay has pointed out that there was nothing in the Old Testament that suggested the Messiah would come from Nazareth (John, Vol. 1, p. 78). As far as Nathanael was concerned, Nazareth was not the kind of place where anything good was likely to be found. There is no doubt …