John 1: 19-24- A Voice Shouting In the Wilderness
1. “I am a voice shouting in the wilderness, “Prepare a straight pathway for the Lord’s coming”. The translation in the New Living Bible is interesting because it says John the Baptist was shouting his message of Jesus being there. I also have to give the Jewish leaders some credit. When they heard about the following John was attracting, they went directly to John the Baptist and wanted to know who he thought he was. His answer was quick and to the point. He was letting them know the Messiah was now among them. Instead of asking who it was, the Jewish leaders asked John the Baptist why he was baptizing people. The Jewish leaders did not understand the spiritual nature of God much less their own spiritual nature. John the Baptist was not wrapped up in all of the traditions and legalistic do’s and don’ts of religion. His message was Jesus and nothing but Jesus, so help him God. There is something...