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Welcome to Day 2135 of Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom The Gospel of John \u2013 3 \u2013 A Man Sent From God \u2013 Daily Wisdom Putnam Church Message \u2013 02/06/2022 The Gospel of John \u2013 Part 2 Presentation Of The Word \u2013 A Man Sent From God Today we continue our Good News series according to John the Apostle. This message focuses on the forerunner of Jesus Christ, John the Baptizer. Before we examine the one who announced the light of the world, I will read John 1:19-34. Please follow along on Pages 1646-1647 in the Pew Bible. I would recommend keeping this passage open as we go throughout the message today: John 1:19-34 Now this was John\u2019s\xa0testimony when the Jewish leaders\xa0in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.\xa0He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, \u201cI am not the Messiah.\u201d They asked him, \u201cThen who are you? Are you Elijah?\u201d He said, \u201cI am not.\u201d \u201cAre you the Prophet?\u201d He answered, \u201cNo.\u201d Finally they said, \u201cWho are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?\u201d John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, \u201cI am the voice of one calling in the wilderness,\xa0\u2018Make straight the way for the Lord.\u2019\u201d Now the Pharisees who had been sent\xa0questioned him, \u201cWhy then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?\u201d \u201cI baptize with\xa0water,\u201d\xa0John replied, \u201cbut among you stands one you do not know.\xa0\xa0He is the one who comes after me,\xa0the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.\u201d This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan,\xa0where John was baptizing. The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, \u201cLook, the Lamb of God,\xa0who takes away the sin of the world!\xa0This is the one I meant when I said, \u2018A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.\u2019\xa0I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.\u201d Then John gave this testimony: \u201cI saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him.\xa0And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water\xa0told me, \u2018The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.\u2019\xa0I have seen and I testify that this is God\u2019s Chosen One.\u201d \xa0 John the Baptizer is a shadowy figure in the minds of many Christians. Most could fit all they know about him on one side of a 3 \xd7 5 card with plenty of room to spare. (Hold up card) Clearly, he baptized people. Some know he lived in the desert and subsisted on a diet of locusts and honey. Those interested in theology realize he was the forerunner of the Messiah. But, unfortunately, that is about all most people know. Yet Jesus said of him in Matthew 11:11, \xa0\u201cI tell you the truth, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least person in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he is! The Gospel of John gives us very little information about the man, where he came from, and what he was like. This is, of course, intentional. Nevertheless, the lack of information...