Anglican Daily Fountain 17th December 2023 (Devotional Today)
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TOPIC: BE THE VOICE IN THIS GENERATION
TEXT: John 1:19-28(KJV)
1:19. And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
1:20. And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
1:21. And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
1:22. Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
1:23. He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
1:24. And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
1:25. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
1:26. John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
1:27. He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
1:28. These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
Anglican Daily Fountain 17th December 2023 STUDY:
The Jews sent priests and Levites form Jerusalem to ask John one question: ‘Who are you?’ Notice that they were not first and foremost interested in Jesus; they were not asking John to speak about Jesus. However, John was a voice in the wilderness, sent to proclaim the coming of the Messiah. He insists that the way of the Lord be made straight. For John, it was an opportunity to bear testimony of Christ in his own time.
If you’re doing spectacular things, people will ask about you. What you do and say will always lead people to want to know who you are. Sometimes, we are asked to introduce ourselves. When that happens, what do you normally say and do? Are you aware that the way God wants men to handle things have been perverted in today’s world? Do you see the way marriage is being re-defined, in our generation? Do you notice that the world is already introducing confusion into gender?
We now have men and women who are now transgender. We have ‘cross dressers’ today(men who dress like women, for example). Are you a voice for Heaven in this ‘wilderness’ of life? Are you silent when our Father’s inheritance is being swallowed up? Are you a voice for godliness today? John was a voice in his generation; what about you?. Be a voice for the Lord, who proclaims the coming of the Lord in this generation.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, make me a voice in this generation that I may proclaim your salvation.
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