The Followers of John Seek Jesus!
Marvin Patterson
John 1:19-36
A Trappist monk was allowed to say only two words every three years. After the first three years, he said to the Brother Superior, "Bad bed." Three years later he came back to say, "Bad food." After three more years of silence the monk said, "No TV." Another three years passed. This time the monk appeared with robes and sandals in hand and announced, "I quit." The Brother Superior answered, "It's no wonder. You've done nothing but complain since you got here!"i
The Sunday school teacher was carefully explaining the story of Elijah the Prophet and the false prophets of Baal. She explained how Elijah built the altar, put wood upon it, cut the steer in pieces and laid it upon the altar.
And then Elijah commanded the people of God to fill four barrels of water and pour it over the altar. He had them do this four times.
"Now, said the teacher, "can anyone in the class tell me why the Lord would have Elijah pour water over the steer on the altar?"
A little girl in the back of the room raised her hand with great enthusiasm. "To make the gravy."ii
Introduction:
We are traveling through John's Gospel, and we saw last week that John the Baptist came on the scene to witness of the coming Messiah! Are you following the Lord this morning? We see here that the Jews had been waiting on their promised Savior, but they rejected him! What a sad situation when Jesus left the portals of heaven and came down to the earth to die on an old rugged cross, and they rejected Him.
Body:
1-The Jewish leaders question John
19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
In these verses, John presented the first of many witnesses to prove that Jesus is the Messiah and Son of God, thus reinforcing his main theme (20:30, 31). The testimony of John the Baptist was given on 3 different days t ...
Marvin Patterson
John 1:19-36
A Trappist monk was allowed to say only two words every three years. After the first three years, he said to the Brother Superior, "Bad bed." Three years later he came back to say, "Bad food." After three more years of silence the monk said, "No TV." Another three years passed. This time the monk appeared with robes and sandals in hand and announced, "I quit." The Brother Superior answered, "It's no wonder. You've done nothing but complain since you got here!"i
The Sunday school teacher was carefully explaining the story of Elijah the Prophet and the false prophets of Baal. She explained how Elijah built the altar, put wood upon it, cut the steer in pieces and laid it upon the altar.
And then Elijah commanded the people of God to fill four barrels of water and pour it over the altar. He had them do this four times.
"Now, said the teacher, "can anyone in the class tell me why the Lord would have Elijah pour water over the steer on the altar?"
A little girl in the back of the room raised her hand with great enthusiasm. "To make the gravy."ii
Introduction:
We are traveling through John's Gospel, and we saw last week that John the Baptist came on the scene to witness of the coming Messiah! Are you following the Lord this morning? We see here that the Jews had been waiting on their promised Savior, but they rejected him! What a sad situation when Jesus left the portals of heaven and came down to the earth to die on an old rugged cross, and they rejected Him.
Body:
1-The Jewish leaders question John
19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
In these verses, John presented the first of many witnesses to prove that Jesus is the Messiah and Son of God, thus reinforcing his main theme (20:30, 31). The testimony of John the Baptist was given on 3 different days t ...
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