OUR FATHER WHO SENT HIS SON TO SAVE THE WORLD

The book of John chapter 1 verse 15 captures the reaction of John the Baptist when his ministry intersected the life of the Lord Jesus on the side of the river Jordan. 

15 John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ ”

John had been pre-alerted to some specifications of what the encounter with the awaited Messiah would be like and one day, while John was going about his ministry of preaching repentance and baptising people, Jesus arrived at that location and John saw the signs that he was in the presence of the One for whom he was sent to herald.

John the Baptist broadcast the news that Jesus was indeed the One of whom he had been saying would be coming after him who would be preeminent because He prexisted John even though John had been born before Him.

John positively identified Jesus on the shore of the Jordan River as the awaited One.

Amen.

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