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*THE WITNESSES TO THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST, 1:6-8*
*UTAWALA** BAPTIST CHURCH*
*28-10-2007*
 
*B.Jesus the Light of the World: The Special Witness of John the Baptist, 1:6-8*
(1:6-8) *Introduction*: there was one person who was a very special witness to Christ, \\ John the Baptist.
John’s sole purpose on earth was to witness and to bear testimony to \\ the Light of the world.
His purpose stands as a dynamic example for every believer.
The \\ purpose of the believer is to bear the same witness as John: Jesus Christ is the Light of \\ the world.
1.A man sent from God (v.6)
2.A man with a mission (v.7)
3.A man who was great, but was not the Light (v.8)
 
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(1:6) *John the Baptist— Commission*: a man sent from God.
Note three points.
1.The man “was a man” and /only/ a man.
A strong contrast is being made between \\ what had been said about Christ and what is now being said about John.
ÞChrist “was in the beginning”; He was “with God” and He “was God” (John \\ 1:1-2).
ÞJohn “was a man” who had come into existence at birth, just as all men have \\ the beginning of their existence at birth.
John was the son of a man, whereas \\ Jesus Christ was the only begotten Son of God (John 3:16).
John was not a \\ divine being, not even an angel.
He was a mere man.
*“What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him?
and that thou \\ shouldest set thine heart upon him?”
(Job 7:17).*
2.The man, however, was “/sent from God/”; and he was sent on a very special \\ mission.
Two facts show this.
a.The word “sent” (see Deeper Study #1, Sent—John 1:6 for discussion).
b.The phrase “from God” (para theou PWS: 1611) means from beside God.
John \\ was not only sent by God, He was sent from the very side and heart of God.
He \\ was only a man, but a man of high calling and mission, of enormous \\ responsibility and accountability.
He was a man sent by God, not by man.
*Thought 1*.
Note three significant points.
The servant and messenger of God...
·is not sent forth by men, but by God.
He is sent forth as the \\ ambassador of God.
·is sent forth from God, from the very side and heart of God.
·is a man of high calling and mission, of enormous responsibility and \\ accountability.
*“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” (John 15:16).*
3.The man was named John.
His name means /gracious/.
He was a man sent forth \\ with a name to match his message: /God’s grace/ is now to enter upon the scene of world \\ history.
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, the embodiment of God’s glorious grace.
*DEEPER STUDY #1*  (1:6) *Sent— Apostle— Commission*
 
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*(1:7) *Mission**— Witnessing*: a man with a mission.
Note two points.
1.The man came to bear witness of the Light.
He was sent with a very specific \\ message, and that message was to proclaim the Light, Christ Himself.
(See note, pt.2— \\ §John 1:4-5.
Also see Deeper Study #3—John 1:5, Deeper Study #4—John 1:5; Deeper \\ Study #1—John 8:12; Deeper Study #5—John 12:35-36.
All these are important notes \\ for this point.)
*Thought 1*.
The message is a /given/ message.
The servant of God is not left on his \\ own to think up a message; he is not dependent upon his own reason, thoughts, \\ and ideas.
His message is Christ, the Light of the world.
*“For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of \\ sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ” (2 \\ Cor.
2:17).*
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* “Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither \\ shall ye diminish aught from it, that ye may keep the commandments \\ of the Lord your God which I command you” (Deut.
4:2).*
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* “And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of \\ this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and \\ out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this \\ book” (Rev.
22:19).*
2.The purpose of the man’s witness is clearly stated: that all men, through Christ, \\ might believe.
His purpose was not...
·to start a movement for God.
·to organize and administer.
·to minister (note that John never healed or performed a miracle nor built a \\ program around the synagogue or temple, John 10:41).
His purpose was /not even to preach/.
His purpose was /to lead men to believe/ in the Light.
He witnessed and proclaimed the Light /so that/ all men might believe.
The man was sent to focus on people and to lead them to believe in Christ Jesus.
*Thought 1*.
The servant of God has /one primary purpose/: to lead men to believe \\ in Christ Jesus, the Light of the world.
The servant’s /purpose/ is not to organize, to administer, to oversee, to manage, to teach, or to preach.
His purpose is as stated: \\ \\
            To lead men to believe in Christ Jesus.
Everything else is method, not purpose.
\\ Men have too often confused methods with purpose.
The result has been that teeming millions are still unreached and teeming thousands are being deceived by confusing the methods of religion with the purpose of God: the salvation of men through belief in His Son.
 
*“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, \\ that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have \\ everlasting life” (John 3:16).*
*“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and \\ believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come \\ into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life” (John 5:24).*
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*(1:8) *Humility— Ministers*: a man who was great, but he was not the Light.
John the Baptist was extraordinarily great.
Jesus Himself said, “Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist” (Matthew 11:11).
/But/, he was not the Light.
The humility of John was striking.
(Read John 1:19-23, 27 for the \\       impact of his humility and the example he set for every servant of God.)
No matter how great the ministry of a man may be in the eyes of men, that man’s ministry is eclipsed by the greatness of John.
Yet John says, “[His] shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.”
\\ (John 1:27)
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* “Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind \\ let each esteem other better than themselves.
Look not every man on his own \\ things, but every man also on the things of others” (Phil.
2:3-4; cp.
Romans \\ 12:3).*
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