The Expected One
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The voice of the Baptizer cried out in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the Lord . . .” (). John called the people to be made ready for the Messiah’s coming through repentance, for “all flesh is grass” (). Now He asks from prison, “Are you the one who is to come . . .?” (). Jesus’ works bear witness that He is. The sick are made well; the dead are raised, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them. Their iniquity is pardoned; they have received from the Lord’s hand double forgiveness for all their sins. The “stewards of the mysteries of God” () still deliver Christ’s overflowing forgiveness to the poor in spirit, comforting God’s people with the word of the Gospel which stands forever. This Gospel produces rejoicing among all those who believe.
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Children’s Message
Introduction
Introduction
Outline: Is Jesus The Expected One? 1.
Outline: Is Jesus The Expected One? 1.
John’s question: Why would he of all people ask this???
He had already said
Did John ask for the sake of his disciples?
Or because He was really struggling/doubting/unsure?
John in prison. Jesus hadn’t set him free.
1. Evidence from Jesus… to John
1. Evidence from Jesus… to John
His works:
His mercy
His miracles (acting as signs)
the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
His preaching
as prophesied…
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy. For waters break forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert;
Is35
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
And as we read earlier...
to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.
I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice.
These twelve Jesus sent out, instructing them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles and enter no town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And proclaim as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
Matthew 10:5-7
the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
Matthew 11:5
And I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.
Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.” Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.
Ezekiel 34:16
Is.
John
Jesus ministry in summary: mercy (physically & spiritually)
The amazing miracle of answered prophecy
Threefold comfort to those in doubt or in prison:
He cares
He is able
God keeps His Promises
2. Evidence from John… to the crowds
2. Evidence from John… to the crowds
What did you go out... to see?
A reed shaken… ? no
A man dressed in soft clothing… ? no
a prophet? yes
…and more than a prophet. The forerunner… (as prophesied: Elijah)
This is he of whom it is written, “ ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’
For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John, and if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.
Matthew 11:13-14
John’s ministry summarized: warning/message of repentance
“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.
Mal.
Angel of the Lord telling Zechariah the priest about his son John
and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”
Luke 1:17
3. (v.11) Evidence that is for those who will be in the Kingdom of God
3. (v.11) Evidence that is for those who will be in the Kingdom of God
Gospel statement from Jesus: John has a great job, but...
two interpretations: (seePBC p.164)
Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.