He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. -- John 1:41 (KJV)
Andrew is still a disciple of John the Baptist when John sees Jesus walking by and says, "Behold the Lamb of God!" Andrew and another of John's disciples follow. Jesus turns and asks, "What seek ye?" They ask where He is staying, and He answers, "Come and see." They stay with Him the rest of that day. The Gospel even records the hour: about the tenth.
First
Andrew has not seen a miracle yet. Cana is still a chapter away. Of everyone he could tell, he goes to Simon first.
He gives his brother one sentence: "We have found the Messias." "Found" is the word of someone who has been looking. Andrew had followed a preacher who said he came baptizing so that the One coming after him "should be made manifest to Israel." The Gospel records no speech about the Lamb of God and no account of the hours he spent with Jesus. Andrew tells Simon whom he has found, and then "he brought him to Jesus."
Your Own Brother
The people nearest to us are often the hardest to talk to about Jesus. A stranger is easier. A brother knew us before. He remembers our temper and our last promise to change, and he will notice if we fumble the words. So we wait until we know more.
Andrew had one day with Jesus behind him. It was enough to tell Simon whom he had found and bring him to meet Him.
Think of the person in your own family you have talked with about everything except Jesus. You can tell them in a sentence what you have found in Him. Then bring them where they can hear Him for themselves. Sit beside them in church, or open the first chapter of John together.
Jesus looked at Simon and said, "Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas." Nobody had to tell Jesus who Simon was, or who he would become.
