As we continue down the hallway of John’s Gospel, we encounter another character that leads us to the main dwelling.

John the Baptist is a familiar figure to most of us, often because of his strange behaviours, strange dress and strange diet! However, John doesn’t even mention these things in his account. Why? In John’s prologue he simply says “There was a man named John who was sent from God. He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that all might believe through him”.

In today’s passage we discover who John the Baptist is, what his job is and why it is critical that we get him right so that we can get Jesus right.