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1 | What makes John the Baptist greater ? | Luke 7:27 | Brent Douglass | 1515 | ||
1 Peter 1:10-12, 17-21 and Col 1:26-2:3 This is probably one of those "hard sayings of Jesus" in the book by the same name. I don't have it in front of me (and don't remember exactly what that author(s) wrote about this, but I would strongly recommend the book as a reference (particularly for questions of this type) I believe F.F. Bruce is the writer, but there is a series of "Hard Sayings" books by several solid authors. Anyway, one sense in which I believe John the Baptist would be considered "greater" than all previous prophets and saints was that he was able to look into the fulfilment of his prophecies and understand the identity of the Messiah that he was proclaiming (at least to a certain degree). John recognized Jesus when the Holy Spirit descended on him (although he had some uncertainty later), but the prophets of the Old Testament longed to look into the secrets they were foretelling about the Messiah and the salvation of Israel and the nations; those secrets were hidden until their revelation in Jesus the Christ. All believers who came after him have access to these (but not all) mysteries and can thus more fully rejoice (in this life) in the hope and salvation that God has given us. (See 1 Peter 1 and Colossians 1.) |
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2 | What makes John the Baptist greater ? | Luke 7:27 | kalos | 1554 | ||
That's the way I see it too. It's too bad no one else responded to this question directly. BD, I looked up the answer to the question in several annotated Bibles. All are in agreement that your answer is indeed THE answer to the question. Good work, sir. I also commend you on the fact that you cited several Scripture references to support your answer. In general, whatever the question, I don't put much stock in lengthy answers that do not cite even one Scripture reference to back them up. | ||||||
3 | What makes John the Baptist greater ? | Luke 7:27 | Ray | 1882 | ||
Dear friends, I want to talk more about the idea of whose book this is. Is this about John the Baptist through and through. No, it's about God and Jesus,and we say through the Holy Spirit. I don't think of John as being hardly more than a reed shaken by the wind. Sure, he was God's messenger, but he wasn't the Messenger of the covenant. He was one born of woman but he wasn't God's Son. He was a prophet but he wasn't a Prophet. He wasn't more than a prophet, unless you want to call him John the Baptist. But Jesus is a Prophet. And One who is more than a Prophet. "This is the One about whom it is written..." And again I say that this is the book about Jesus, not John the baptizer. Mark 6:15 says in my marked up copy, "But others were saying "He is a Prophet, like one of the prophets of old." Jesus was spoken of as a prophet. Consider one more scripture. Mark 6:4 "Jesus said to them, "A Prophet is not without honor except in (His) hometown and among His own relatives and in His own household." (My own copy, which I don't reccommend by the way) (I'm not JV McGee, by the way) You might consider reading Malachi again, too. I hope all that I've discussed might be meaningful to you. Later, Ray |
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