JOHN THE BAPTIST

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JOHN THE BAPTIST

• What was his mission?

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The Mission of John the Baptist

• A. It was a divine mission.
• 1. God sent him on it.

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John 16

• There was a man sent from God, whose name was
  John.

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Luke 730

• But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the will
  of God for themselves, not having been baptized
  by him.

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The Mission of John the Baptist

• A. It was a divine mission.
• 1. God sent him on it.
• 2. The prophets predicted it.

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Isaiah 403-5

• The voice of one crying in the wilderness
• "Prepare the way of the Lord Make straight in
  the desert A highway for our God. Every valley
  shall be exalted And every mountain and hill
  brought low The crooked places shall be made
  straight And the rough places smooth The glory
  of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh
  shall see it together For the mouth of the Lord
  has spoken."

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Malachi 31 45

• "Behold, I send My messenger, And he will prepare
  the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek,
  Will suddenly come to His temple, Even the
  Messenger of the covenant, In whom you delight.
  Behold, He is coming," Says the Lord of hosts."
• "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet
  Before the coming of the great and dreadful day
  of the Lord."

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Matthew 1113-14

• "For all the prophets and the law prophesied
  until John. And if you are willing to receive it,
  he is Elijah who is to come."

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Matthew 1710-13

• And His disciples asked Him, saying, "Why then do
  the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
  Jesus answered and said to them, "Indeed, Elijah
  is coming first and will restore all things. But
  I say to you that Elijah has come already, and
  they did not know him but did to him whatever
  they wished. Likewise the Son of Man is also
  about to suffer at their hands." Then the
  disciples understood that He spoke to them of
  John the Baptist.

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Luke 117

• "He will also go before Him in the spirit and
  power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the
  fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to
  the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people
  prepared for the Lord."

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The Mission of John the Baptist

• A. It was a divine mission.
• B. He preached the kingdom of God.
• 1. He gave knowledge of salvation to his people.

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Luke 176-79

• "And you, child, will be called the prophet of
  the Highest For you will go before the face of
  the Lord to prepare His ways, To give knowledge
  of salvation to His people By the remission of
  their sins, Through the tender mercy of our God,
  With which the Dayspring from on high has visited
  us To give light to those who sit in darkness
  and the shadow of death, To guide our feet into
  the way of peace."

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The Mission of John the Baptist

• A. It was a divine mission.
• B. He preached the kingdom of God.
• 1. He gave knowledge of salvation to his
  people.
• 2. He announced the kingdom of heaven is at
  hand only Jews looked for it.

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Matthew 31-2

• In those days John the Baptist came preaching in
  the wilderness of Judea, and saying, "Repent, for
  the kingdom of heaven is at hand!"

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The Mission of John the Baptist

• A. It was a divine mission.
• B. He preached the kingdom of God.
• 1. He gave knowledge of salvation to his
  people.
• 2. He announced the kingdom of heaven is at
  hand only Jews looked for it.
• 3. He was not in the kingdom.

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Matthew 1111

• "Assuredly, I say to you, among those born of
  women there has not risen one greater than John
  the Baptist but he who is least in the kingdom
  of heaven is greater than he."

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The Mission of John the Baptist

• C. He was to turn Israel back to God.

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Luke 117

• "He will also go before Him in the spirit and
  power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the
  fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to
  the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people
  prepared for the Lord."

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The Mission of John the Baptist

• C. He was to turn Israel back to God.
• 1. This involved a baptism of repentance for or
  unto the remission of sins.

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Mark 14

• John came baptizing in the wilderness and
  preaching a baptism of repentance for the
  remission of sins.

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The Mission of John the Baptist

• C. He was to turn Israel back to God.
• 1. It involved a baptism of repentance for or
  unto the remission of sins.
• 2. He taught the Jews to repent.

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Luke 116

• "And he will turn many of the children of Israel
  to the Lord their God."

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The Mission of John the Baptist

• C. He was to turn Israel back to God.
• 1. It involved a baptism of repentance for or
  unto the remission of sins.
• 2. He taught the Jews to repent.
• 3. He taught faith in a Christ to come.

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Acts 191-2

• And it happened, while Apollos was at Corinth,
  that Paul, having passed through the upper
  regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some
  disciples he said to them, "Did you receive the
  Holy Spirit when you believed?"
• So they said to him, "We have not so much as
  heard whether there is a Holy Spirit."

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Acts 193-4

• And he said to them, "Into what then were you
  baptized?"
• So they said, "Into John's baptism."
• Then Paul said, "John indeed baptized with a
  baptism of repentance, saying to the people that
  they should believe on Him who would come after
  him, that is, on Christ Jesus."

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The Mission of John the Baptist

• C. He was to turn Israel back to God.
• 1. It involved a baptism of repentance for or
  unto the remission of sins.
• 2. He taught the Jews to repent.
• 3. He taught faith in a Christ to come.
• 4. His baptism did not add one to the church.

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Matthew 1615-18

• He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
  Simon Peter answered and said, "You are the
  Christ, the Son of the living God."
• Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are you,
  Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not
  revealed this to you, but My Father who is in
  heaven. And I also say to you that you are Peter,
  and on this rock I will build My church, and the
  gates of Hades shall not prevail against it."

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The Mission of John the Baptist

• C. He was to turn Israel back to God.
• 1. It involved a baptism of repentance for or
  unto the remission of sins.
• 2. He taught the Jews to repent.
• 3. He taught faith in a Christ to come.
• 4. His baptism did not add one to the church.
• 5. Not one drop of Johns blood went toward the
  purchase price of Christs church.

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Acts 2028

• "Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the
  flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you
  overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He
  purchased with His own blood."