Saturday October 28
Bible Reading: John 1: 17 - 25
Topic: Maintain
Your Life With God
The text shows a
conversation between the Jews of Jerusalem sent as emissaries (Priests and
Levites) and John the Baptist on who he was.
These were Pharisees and
they had many reasons to see John the Baptist: 1. John's new teaching; 2. if he
had the credentials of a Prophet; 3. why
he had quite a following and it was growing. To all the questions asked (v. 21
- 22) John gave an answer: "I am the voice ....." (v. 23; Isa. 40: 3)
He was a voice, a herald
or forerunner to some other Greater, Who was coming - Jesus Christ the Son of
God and the Messiah of Israel.
The question of the
Pharisees in v. 25 was about the Gentiles.
We learn a great lesson
throughout this epistle between John and the Jewish Teachers that we are to be
only a voice, a pointer or men to the Lord Jesus Christ to call me to
repentance
Prayer
Oh God, help me to be a
voice to call me back in repentance as John the Baptist did, Amen.
Memory Verse John 1: 23
"He said, I am the
voice of one crying in the wilderness. Make straight the way of the Lord, as
said the Prophet Esaias."
Source:
The Daily Fountain 2017
(The Daily Devotional Guide of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion)
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