John 1:19-34 NIV

Big Idea: It’s not about you, it’s about Jesus. Use your life to point to Him.

Backround: John the Baptist was a rock star!  A prophet living in the Jordan River Valley who had a big following.  People from all over would come to listen to his message of repentance and baptism.  John had his own disciples, who would later become Jesus’s disciples.  Also, John the Baptist was a relative of Jesus.

1.    John knew who he wasn’t

With everyone trying to figure out who they are, John starts with who he is not.  “Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.  He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the messiah”.

How many times have we put ourselves in position to get credit instead of “Beholding the Lamb”?

2.    John knew who Jesus was

-The Lamb of God

-The sin-bearer

-Greater than John

-Pre-Existent

-The Chosen One

3.    John knew what Jesus Does

“Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world” John 1:29

John demonstrated how we “Behold the Lamb”

-          Know who you are not

-          Know who Jesus is

-          Know what Jesus has done