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John 1:6-8
John 1:6-8
One day an unusual man appeared at the Jordan River. His name was John, and he got the name John the Baptist. This is what the Gospel of John says about John the Baptist in chapter 1 verses 6 through 8. “There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.” Now John was a man. There was a man sent from God. God uses people, doesn’t He? Here is Jesus Christ the very Son of God about to be presented to the Jewish people and who did it? A man. Not an angel. Not a chorus of angels. When the Lord Jesus Christ was born at Bethlehem, angels appeared there at the hillside and told the shepherds that the Savior had been born.
But John came as a man. God uses individuals. Men and women, young people, boys and girls. This man was a special messenger. He was sent from God. I believe God has a definite plan for each of our lives. He has the place He wants to send us. He has the work He wants us to do. John was a witness. Now what does a witness do? A witness tells what he’s seen and heard. When you are sitting on the witness stand in court, they don’t want your philosophy. They don’t want to know your ideas, your opinions. They say, “What do you know?” He was bearing witness to the Light. There’s only one kind of person you have to tell that the light is shining. That’s a blind person. See a blind person can’t see the sun! He may not know whether it’s day or night and so you whisper in his ear, “It’s daytime, the sun is coming up.”
The world was blind. The world was blind to their own need, blind to the God who could meet that need. John came as a witness to do what? To point to the Light, to get people to believe. Well, you and I are just people. We’re made of clay. Made in the image of God, but today God wants to send us. God wants to use us in that office, that school room, that store. Wherever we may be. God wants to use us just to be witnesses and tell people the Light is shining. Believe in the Light. Trust the Light. Come to Jesus Christ who is the Light. The Light of life.
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One day an unusual man appeared at the Jordan River. His name was John, and he got the name John the Baptist. This is what the Gospel of John says about John the Baptist in chapter 1 verses 6 through 8. “There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.” Now John was a man. There was a man sent from God. God uses people, doesn’t He? Here is Jesus Christ the very Son of God about to be presented to the Jewish people and who did it? A man. Not an angel. Not a chorus of angels. When the Lord Jesus Christ was born at Bethlehem, angels appeared there at the hillside and told the shepherds that the Savior had been born.
But John came as a man. God uses individuals. Men and women, young people, boys and girls. This man was a special messenger. He was sent from God. I believe God has a definite plan for each of our lives. He has the place He wants to send us. He has the work He wants us to do. John was a witness. Now what does a witness do? A witness tells what he’s seen and heard. When you are sitting on the witness stand in court, they don’t want your philosophy. They don’t want to know your ideas, your opinions. They say, “What do you know?” He was bearing witness to the Light. There’s only one kind of person you have to tell that the light is shining. That’s a blind person. See a blind person can’t see the sun! He may not know whether it’s day or night and so you whisper in his ear, “It’s daytime, the sun is coming up.”
The world was blind. The world was blind to their own need, blind to the God who could meet that need. John came as a witness to do what? To point to the Light, to get people to believe. Well, you and I are just people. We’re made of clay. Made in the image of God, but today God wants to send us. God wants to use us in that office, that school room, that store. Wherever we may be. God wants to use us just to be witnesses and tell people the Light is shining. Believe in the Light. Trust the Light. Come to Jesus Christ who is the Light. The Light of life.