Topic: Jesus Christ
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. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. (John 1:6-9 KJV)
As we will keep study on the Birth and Preparation of Jesus Christ, we also look at John the Baptist in this portion of John 1. This John is not the author of all four books of John or follower of Jesus Christ.
Malachi says, “Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.” Even though this verse relates to the coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ, it also relates to John the Baptist as well.
Now, who was John the Baptist? What was his mission? Even though we will study more on his background when we’d come to Luke 1, Apostle John gave us some descriptions of this guy’s character.
John the Baptist was the witness to the Light. He came to the earth for one purpose. That was being a witness to Jesus Christ. John 1:15 says, “John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.” Just as we received the commission from Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:18-20), John the Baptist received the call from God to make a road to Jesus Christ.
Are you making a road for Jesus Christ to your life and the life of your loved ones? Confessing your sins to priests will not help you. Only through your relationship with Jesus Christ will make you to live with Him forever.
This Tuesday is the U.S. Presidential Inauguration and Barak Obama will become the 44th U.S. President, but he cannot save us all from tragedies. No! We already have seen that he signed the bills that women have the right to have abortion, have the homosexual rights in our country, and continue expand President Bush’s faith-based ministries. (Don’t be surprised that the next president will keep the same policy as the last twenty years of Presidents Bush-Clinton-Bush) If President Obama would recognize that we have the idol in our U.S. Capitol and change his way to lead our country, it would be miracle.
Our country would need true prophet, like John the Baptist, to return our ways to the way of the Lord. God is waiting patiently for us to turn our ways to His. It is up to us what our actions would be.
