So he came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth is given to me. (19)So go and make followers of all people in the world. Baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. (20)Teach them to obey everything that I have told you to do. You can be sure that I will be with you always. I will continue with you until the end of time."
Luke 3:16,18 Voice
John the Baptist: I baptize you with water, but One is coming-One far more powerful than I, One whose sandals I am not worthy to untie-who will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
(18)He preached with many other provocative figures of speech and so conveyed God's message to the people-the time had come to rethink everything.
Mark 1:4-6 Voice
[4] That messenger was John the Baptist, who appeared in the desert near the Jordan River preaching that people should be ritually cleansed through baptism with water as a sign of both their changed hearts and God's forgiveness of their sins. [5] People from across the countryside of Judea and from the city of Jerusalem came to him and confessed that they were deeply flawed and needed help, so he cleansed them with the waters of the Jordan. [6] John dressed as some of the Hebrew prophets had, in clothes made of camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist. He made his meals in the desert from locusts and wild honey.
3 THINGS THAT MAKE JOHN AN AMAZING MESSENGER
1.JOHN WAS A SELF FEEDER.
2.ETERNAL PRIORITIES.
3.SIMPLE MESSAGE- JESUS!
John 1:29-32 Voice
[29] The morning after this conversation, John sees Jesus coming toward him. In eager astonishment, he shouts out: John the Baptist: Look! This man is more than He seems! He is the Lamb sent from God, the sacrifice to erase the sins of the world! [30] He is the One I have been saying will come after me, who existed long before me and is much greater than I am. [31] No one recognized Him-myself included. But I came baptizing with water so that He might be revealed to Israel. [32] As I watched, the Spirit came down like a dove from heaven and rested on Him.