| Show What Does Bible Say By REV LEO E. E RUBEL I Jesus once said Verily I Isay Isay Isay say unto you Among them that are born of women there hath bath not risen a greater than John the Baptist Matthew 11 11 Alexander the Great had added conquest until there were no more lands to be conquered conquered conquered con con- Julius Cesar had brought the glory and the grandeur that was Rome to its highest pinnacle Caesar Augustus wielded power and influence greater than any man of his day Yet Jesus says none hath risen greater than John the Baptist Why JOHN THE Baptist had been j chosen by God for a glorious purpose to point the people of his day and the people of all time to Jesus His credentials credentials cre- cre i were to be found in inthe inthe inthe the Book of Isaiah written more than years before He was greater than Alexander Alexander Alexander Alexan Alexan- der than Caesar that Augustus Augus Augus- because of the far nobler purpose his life was to fill j He was to bear witness of i ithe the Light to testify of the Lords Lord's Messi Messiah h to bear record that Jesus is the he I IChrist Christ the Son of the living God I John was truly great because because because be be- cause of the great and glorious glorious glorious glor glor- ious Savior whom it was his privilege to proclaim THE BIBLE indicates that there is essentially little difference difference difference dif dif- dif dif- ference between the purpose of John the Baptist and the Christians Christian's purpose on earth The Bible says Ye shall be witnesses unto Me Acts 1 8 We Christians too are voices for the Savior crying crying crying cry cry- ing in this wilderness of sin and sorrow Make straight in the desert a highway for our God We too shall be numbered among the greatest I if like John the Baptist we point men to Christ the I eternal Son of God as the Way the Truth and the I Life without whom no man I Ican can come to the Father I SO GREAT A glory do the Scriptures attach to faithful witnessing for Christ that the Prophet Daniel writes And they that turn many to righteousness righteousness righteousness right right- i shall shine as the I stars forever and ever Daniel 12 3 John the Baptist bore faithful faithful faithful faith faith- ful witness What a splendid record it was What is the record of our w witnessing for Christ What does the record say |
