{"id":621,"date":"2022-05-20T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=621&2022"},"modified":"2022-05-17T18:00:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T00:00:29","slug":"not-the-christ-john-1-19-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/not-the-christ-john-1-19-34\/","title":{"rendered":"Not the Christ: John 1:19-34"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"spoiler spoiler-style-2\"><div class=\"spoiler-title\">Focus Passage: John 1:19-34 (NASB)<\/div><div class=\"spoiler-content\" style=\"display: none;\"><p><sup>19<\/sup>\u00a0This is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, &#8220;Who are you?&#8221; <sup>20<\/sup>\u00a0And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, &#8220;I am not the Christ.&#8221; <sup>21<\/sup>\u00a0They asked him, &#8220;What then? Are you Elijah?&#8221; And he <span class=\"tooltiptrigger\">*<\/span><span class=\"tooltip\">This word is present tense in the Greek, but it has been translated as past tense to conform to modern usage.<\/span>said, &#8220;I am not.&#8221; &#8220;Are you the Prophet?&#8221; And he answered, &#8220;No.&#8221; <sup>22<\/sup>\u00a0Then they said to him, &#8220;Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?&#8221; <sup>23<\/sup>\u00a0He said, &#8220;I am <span class=\"small-caps\">A VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS<\/span>, &#8216;M<span class=\"small-caps\">AKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE<\/span> L<span class=\"small-caps\">ORD<\/span>,&#8217; as Isaiah the prophet said.&#8221; <\/p><p><sup>24<\/sup>\u00a0Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. <sup>25<\/sup>\u00a0They asked him, and said to him, &#8220;Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?&#8221; <sup>26<\/sup>\u00a0John answered them saying, &#8220;I baptize <span class=\"tooltiptrigger\">*<\/span><span class=\"tooltip\">The Gr here can be translated <em>in, with<\/em> or <em>by<\/em><\/span>in water, <em>but<\/em> among you stands One whom you do not know. <sup>27<\/sup>\u00a0<em>It is<\/em> He who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.&#8221; <sup>28<\/sup>\u00a0These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. <\/p><p><sup>29<\/sup>\u00a0The next day he <span class=\"tooltiptrigger\">*<\/span><span class=\"tooltip\">This word is present tense in the Greek, but it has been translated as past tense to conform to modern usage.<\/span>saw Jesus coming to him and <span class=\"tooltiptrigger\">*<\/span><span class=\"tooltip\">This word is present tense in the Greek, but it has been translated as past tense to conform to modern usage.<\/span>said, &#8220;Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! <sup>30<\/sup>\u00a0This is He on behalf of whom I said, &#8216;After me comes a Man who has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.&#8217; <sup>31<\/sup>\u00a0I did not recognize Him, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing <span class=\"tooltiptrigger\">*<\/span><span class=\"tooltip\">The Gr here can be translated <em>in, with<\/em> or <em>by<\/em><\/span>in water.&#8221; <sup>32<\/sup>\u00a0John testified saying, &#8220;I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him. <sup>33<\/sup>\u00a0I did not recognize Him, but He who sent me to baptize <span class=\"tooltiptrigger\">*<\/span><span class=\"tooltip\">The Gr here can be translated <em>in<\/em>, <em>with<\/em> or <em>by<\/em><\/span>in water said to me, &#8216;He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, this is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.&#8217; <sup>34<\/sup>\u00a0I myself have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God.&#8221;<\/p><p class=\"passage-read-more\">Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=john 1:19-34&amp;version=NASB\" title=\"Read the passage on BibleGateway.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hyperlink-underlined\">John 1:19-34<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>In this passage, John, the disciple of Jesus and the author of the gospel that is named after him, shares about John the Baptist \u2013 Jesus\u2019 forerunner in ministry. John\u2019s role that we learn in this passage is to help straighten the path of the Messiah, however, this didn\u2019t come as an easy task.<\/p>\r\n<p>Similar to what would happen with Jesus, John was called to answer for what He was doing in the wilderness by the Jordan River. The Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask Him a simple question, \u201c<strong>Who are you?<\/strong>\u201d (v. 19)<\/p>\r\n<p>On the surface, this seems kind of obvious. This man was John the Baptizer. But under the surface is a challenge: \u201cWho are you to be doing what you are doing?\u201d is likely what they were asking. Under the surface, these messengers wanted to have the question answered: \u201cAre you the Messiah? Are you the Christ?\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>John responded, \u201c<strong>I am not the Christ.<\/strong>\u201d (v. 20)<\/p>\r\n<p>However, these messengers were not fazed. A number of others prophesied about individuals from Israel\u2019s past, so \u201c<strong>they asked him, \u2018What then? Are you Elijah?\u2019 And he <\/strong>[John the Baptist]<strong> said, \u2018I am not.\u2019 \u2018Are you the Prophet?\u2019 And he answered, \u2018No.\u2019<\/strong>\u201d (v. 21)<\/p>\r\n<p>This is significant in the minds of those living at that time, because prior to this, God had been silent for close to 400 years. God had not left His people, nor had He stopped stepping in to help, but He had stopped sending prophets with messages from Him to the people.<\/p>\r\n<p>But then John steps onto the scene in a public way, and he was the son of a priest, which likely perplexed the spiritual community in Jerusalem. If John was not the Messiah, or one of the other prominent men who were prophesied about, then these messengers have a problem. \u201c<strong>Then they said to him, \u2018Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?\u2019<\/strong>\u201d (v. 22)<\/p>\r\n<p>In John\u2019s reply we discover our big truth. John responds by saying, <strong>\u201cI am <span class=\"small-caps\">a voice of one crying in the wilderness, \u2018Make straight the way of the Lord,\u2019<\/span> as Isaiah the prophet said.<\/strong>\u201d (v. 23)<\/p>\r\n<p>John\u2019s example is important for us today. John knew exactly what his role was in history. He was to be the one to call the people back to God and prepare their hearts and minds to meet the Messiah. <strong>Our role in history is similar to John\u2019s. While we cannot prepare for an upcoming Messiah, while we are here on earth, we can point people to Jesus, and help them prepare their hearts and minds for His second coming. 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