John the Baptist - The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived
Wednesday August 20, 2008
John the Baptist is one of the most distinctive characters in the New Testament. He had an unusual flair for fashion, wearing wild-looking clothing made of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist. He lived in the desert wilderness, ate locust and wild honey and preached a strange message. Unlike so many people, John the Baptist knew his mission in life. He clearly understood that he had been set apart by God for a purpose.
Learn more about John the Baptist's accomplishments, his character strengths, and the lessons we can take from his life:
Learn more about John the Baptist's accomplishments, his character strengths, and the lessons we can take from his life:
I wouldn’t say John was the greatest man who lived, as I believe Jesus Christ was the greatest man who ever lived.
However, there is no doubt that John the Baptist was a man to admire, even though he was a little different…
I say that he should be admired because he was a man of God, and wasn’t afraid to show it.
Moreover, he was willing to give his life for his convictions, which is something that I think most people wouldn’t do these days.
Indeed, we need more men like him in the Church!
Jesus said in Luke 7:28, that John the Baptist was the greatest man to have ever lived: “I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John …”
I won’t argue with Jesus.
And, unlike John, Jesus was God incarnate, fully God, fully man. That gave him an unfair advantage to greatness.
BTW, I visited your blog. It looks interesting.
It’s interesting to note, John the Baptist never performed one miracle throughout his ministry, yet Jesus still considered him the greatest among men.
Why is it that John the Baptist rebuked Herod publicly about Herod’s adultery urging him to repent, and he got his head chopped off; yet here we have Obama who is guilty of far worse (abortion, homosexual marriage, racial dividing, and allowing others to worship and give him adoration as a god, AND NO WELL-KNOWN PASTORS OR PREACHERS ARE COMING OUT IN REBUKE OF HIM?
Instead they are asking for us to “pray for safety, wisdom, and discernment” for Obama?
But there will be no safety, wisdom, and discernment WITHOUT REPENTANCE.
Remember, Jesus warned us that if salt loses it’s flavor it is no longer useful.
Please warn other Christians. Warn your pastor! We must urge Obama to repent FIRST before God will ever hear any prayers for his wisdom and discernment.
http://moniquemonicat.wordpress.com/2008/11/05/%E2%80%A2-no-prayers-for-obama/
Please! Mary and everyone else that visits this site, learn the truth. Especially about Jesus. He himself preached that the Father was greater than himself, yet you say he is God incarnate. TOTALLY FALSE!!! FULLY GOD AND FULLY MAN?!? WHAT!!! These teachings have no basis with the Bible. Jesus never preached this to his disciples and there is no mention of this in the whole Bible canon.
Please, be very clear, God Himself in His Word said Jesus was Himself. SEE the first chapter of John in the New Testament:
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was in the beginning with God.
All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.”
John the Baptist is very important. Theres a good reason why John the Baptist was called the Greatest man to be born from women, the representative of mankind, the one to prepare the way for the lord, elijah to come (meaning he will bring the people back to God), the one crying in the wilderness (means where he was abiding, the tabernacle), he was a high priest thanks to his geneology, he started at age 30 the legal age for a high priest, that all through him might be saved. Why was he called these things? (I am sure to have missed some titles)
Because Christ came to fulfill the OT sacrificial law. “I came not to abolish the law, but to fulfill it” But in Ephesians 2:15 “by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace,” So then. He abolished the law in his flesh. He fulfilled them. HE FULFILLED THEM.
Lets look at Hebrews 10:1 “The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.” So he came by the sacrificial law.
If you wish look it up in Leviticus ch 1 and Leviticus ch 16. CH 16 has the day of atonement which is a exact duplicate of how Christ came.
The law requires that the High Priest (the High Priest is ordained by God from the house of Aaron) on the day of atonement has to…
1. get a sacrifice without blemish (Christ the son of God is without blemish)
2. lay his hands on the sacrifices head and put all the sins of Israel onto the head (John the Baptist laid his hands on Christs head and baptized him, putting the worlds (ALL) sin onto him)
3. then to bleed the sacrifice to death to atone for sin (Christ bled to death on the cross to atone for sin)
I have barely touched the surface on this subject but;
1 john 5:6
This is the one who came by WATER and BLOOD—Jesus Christ. He did not come by WATER only, but by WATER and BLOOD. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
In the past the original church celebrated Christs baptism only, and supposedly from the above verse they sometimes ignored his death on the cross! wow! Its opposite nowadays though, we threw away his law and hold onto the cross. The place where our sins are condemned… You need both, the water and the blood, to be saved. A half truth isn’t a truth at all.
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