11-22: John Series :: Who Are You?
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In this week's message Pastor Bob looks at who was John the Baptist - the author of the Gospel of John. John was questioned by the Jewish leaders and gave an odd answer to a very odd question.
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: The Bible Project :: https://www.bibleproject.com
: The Bible Project :: John :: https://www.bibleproject.com/explore/John/
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John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah
[19] Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. [20] He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.”
[21] They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet?”
He answered, “No.”
[22]Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
[23] John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’ ”
[24] Now the Pharisees who had been sent [25] questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
[26] “I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know. [27] He is the one who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
[28] This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
Notes Outline
The Odd Question (John 1:19)
The Odd Answer (John 1:20-23; Deuteronomy 18:18; Isaiah 40:3-5)
The New Way (John 1:24-28; 1 Corinthians 4:3-4)
