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Just A Thought: More Jesus

January 27, 2019 0 comments

 "There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.  This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light that all through him might believe.  He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.  That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world." - John 1:6-9 

Luke introduces John the Baptist through the angel Gabriel as he spoke with Mary about the birth of Jesus. (Luke 1:36)  John was born six months before the birth of Jesus.  We don't know anything about John between the time he was born and when he began to preach but apparently he lived his life in the dessert.  (Mark 1:4)  When he was about thirty years old, "the Word of God came to John."  (Luke 3:2) The Word from God was that the time had come to announce Jesus and to prepare people to receive Him. 

John's preaching caused a stir.  It had been four hundred years since a prophet had come proclaiming the Word of God and now, here was John speaking with power and authority.  In fact, many began to be followers of John; some thought he was the promised Messiah.  It has been advanced that one of the additional purposes of the Gospel of John - in addition to showing Jesus was the Son of God - was to show that John the Baptist was NOT the Christ, "he was not that Light."  The Scripture says that John was sent from God with a definite purpose, "to bear witness of the Light.”  The purpose of his witnessing was that those who heard would believe - believe in the true or real Light who is Jesus Christ. 

All of us believe and are following a light of some kind.  But all lights other than Jesus are false and are lead nowhere.  Let's commit to following the absolute true Light of Christ.  Let's never allow people to think so highly of our life or our ministry -  that they begin to follow us instead of Christ.  Let’s make sure that every area of our life points to Jesus as the Truth, and the One and only real Light

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