QUOTE(pehkay @ Mar 8 2016, 07:41 AM)
When they came to ask John the Baptist, he told them clearly, "I am not the Christ" (v. 20). They then asked, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." They asked again, "Are you the Prophet?" John answered, "No" (v. 21). Then they became confused and asked, "Who are you?" (v. 22). He said, "I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord!’ as Isaiah the prophet said" (v. 23). John the Baptist acknowledged that he was only the voice that Isaiah had prophesied would come and cry out in the wilderness (Isa. 40:3). He said that he was only a voice crying in the wilderness, "Make straight the way of the Lord." Then they asked, "Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ nor Elijah nor the Prophet?" (John 1:25). John answered them, "I baptize in water; but among you stands One whom you do not know" (v. 26). John’s word was a recommendation of Christ, but they did not recognize Christ or even understand John’s word.
His ministry is to preach the baptism of repentance to prepare men's heart to receive Christ and usher then to Christ. He is like a Forerunner or Recommender.
The ministry of John the Baptist was outside both religion and culture. When John was born, in Jerusalem there were two main things—Hebrew religion and Greco-Roman culture. John, however, did not stay in Jerusalem where his parents undoubtedly lived. He left Jerusalem and went out to the wilderness where there was neither religion nor culture, but where everything was natural. John ministered there in the wilderness bringing others to God and introducing the King, the One who represents God, to them. This was a strong indication that, during John’s time, the age was changed from the old dispensation to the new dispensation, from the dispensation of shadows and figures to the dispensation of reality. Those priests who wore the priestly robes, ate the priestly food, and stayed in the priestly building burning the incense and carrying out the priestly functions never brought anyone to God. But this “wild,” unreligious, uncultured John brought hundreds to Him. And he also introduced the King to them. This King was the One who brought God to repentant people.
True or False: John the Baptist was not a prophet from God, but a normal human religious leader.
i picked "True" but I guessed incorrect as he is not "a normal human religious leader".
Mar 8 2016, 07:54 AM

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