SERMON 3/26/23
“John’s True Testimony”
Rev. Gary Findley
Outline
“John’s True Testimony”
- A Penetrating Interrogation
- A Particular Incentive
- A Private Introspection
John 1:19-28
The Testimony of John the Baptist
Joh 1:19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
Joh 1:20 He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”
Joh 1:21 And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”
Joh 1:22 So they said to him, “Who are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
Joh 1:23 He said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”
Joh 1:24 (Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)
Joh 1:25 They asked him, “Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
Joh 1:26 John answered them, “I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know,
Joh 1:27 even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”
Joh 1:28 These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
