When John saw Jesus walking by the river side, he pointed toward Him, and said, "Behold the Lamb of God." (John 1:29)
Suppose the disciples, instead of looking in the direction where John pointed, had looked only at his finger; they would not have seen the Christ.
Now that is just what a great many people are doing. The Gospel teacher's only business is to point man to the Lamb of God; he is to be a seer, and to point out to other people what he sees.
But if they keep looking at him, instead of where he is pointing, and expect to get the knowledge from him,--to make his sight answer for theirs,--they will certainly see nothing.
As soon as people get hold of the idea that if they wish to see they must rouse themselves to use their own eyes, that is, that they must acquire the knowledge of God and His truth in the same way that the teacher does, they cease to complain that the Gospel is so obscure that they cannot understand it.--Present Truth, March 1, 1900--Timeline: II-4 (Jesus Declared "The Lamb of God")--John 1:29.