John The Baptist's Testimony

The Authority

V 19 Sent by:

Jews the authors title for the leadership at Jerusalem

= the High priest

= the religious authority

= the ones that give permission to teach and preach

= the ones who don’t want any competition

speaking to the same people Jesus said;

John 8:44 AV

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

Satan’s men have always been in opposition to the truth

Satan sent men out to intimidate JTB

asking intimidating questions

Who are you?/ who gave you authority to do this?

I am not the Christ

John 1:6–8 LEB

A man came, sent from God, whose name was John. This one came for a witness, in order that he could testify about the light, so that all would believe through him. That one was not the light, but came in order that he could testify about the light.

I am not the Messiah/ if that is what your thinking

I am in need of Jesus, I can do nothing

I have not the know how or the wisdom for today’s problems

Elijah?

Malachi 4:5–6 AV

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

Prophet

Deuteronomy 18:15 AV

The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;

Then Who are you?

the one spoken of by Isaiah

Isaiah 40:3–5 AV

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

JTB chosen by God to be a witness

John 15:16 AV

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

V 23 I am a voice and a worker-

someone not seen

someone who has picked up his cross and followed

V 24 -25 if you are a nobody why do you do religious things?

Satan’s ploy, distract from the message

V 26 Witness to who Jesus is

Some one greater than I V 27

Behold the lamb of God /

takes away the sin of the world

V 34 Son of God

Jesus is God

Witness to what he has done

The Lamb of God

sacrifice

atonement

Abraham’s sacrifice of his son are all known to the Jews

Isaiah 53:4–5 AV

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Witness how someone can become a Christian

V 33 the one who the spirit descends and lands on

Jesus would be the one who gives the Holy Spirit

and the new person they become

We Are That Witness

John 15:16 LEB

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and your fruit should remain, in order that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.

We have been chosen by God for this mission

A voice and a worker

I am a voice to tell about Jesus

someone who picks up his cross and follows our Savior

Someone who puts the witness over own priorities

I am not the answer to your problems- Jesus is