John 1:6-9; 15-28
ON A MISSION FROM GOD
(John the Baptizer)
August 16, 2009
Simon Goncharenko
21 FELLOWSHIP, SBC
Outline
I. Who was John? John was a special man for a special occasion – vv. 6-9.
a. He was a man – v. 6.
He was Jesus’ relative - Luke 1:5-25, 39-45 (prenatal conversion?), 57-66, 80.
b. He was on a mission from God – v. 7.
i. His job was to be a witness about the light – v. 7a.
ii. So that all might believe through him – v. 7b.
c. John was not the light, just the witness for the light – v. 8.
II. What was John’s message? John message was to herald the coming of the Messiah – vv. 15-18
a. Christ’s chronological “secondness” did not mean inferiority – v. 15.
b. Christ is the source of our grace – v. 16.
c. Jesus is greater than the law – v. 17.
d. Jesus is the revealer of the invisible and “never-before-seen” God – v. 18.
III. How did John identify himself? John identified himself as “a voice” – vv. 19-28
a. The questioners were the Pharisees (vv. 19, 22, 24) – through Priests and Levites, they wanted to know who John was and why he baptized.
b. John denied being the Messiah, Elijah, or the Prophet – vv. 20–21.
c. John uses Isaiah’s words to identify himself – a voice of the one crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord – v. 23.
d. John’s baptism went along with his message – for repentance – vv. 25.
e. John recognizes Christ’s holiness, his smallness, and people’s blindness – vv. 26-27.
John the Baptizer came on the scene to announce the arrival of JESUS. Do YOU know HIM?
