The Gospel Of The Messiah Part 12

INTRO: We have looked at two lines of proof that Jesus was indeed the Messiah. We saw that He qualified to be Messiah from His lineage; His bloodline. He was a descendent of David, and Judah, from whom the kings were to come; and from Abraham. Now many would have qualified this far, though of course most would be eliminated by blood line. But then we saw that He passed the test of the devil. The first test would eliminate most. This second test would eliminate all. Well, the third and fourth tests would also eliminate all; and so we can but come to one conclusion: Jesus Christ of Nazareth was the long promised Jewish Messiah.

This morning we want to give proof of Messianic right for Jesus Christ from John the Baptist. When we began this series, it was Luke and John that introduced the subject of the Gospel of the Messiah to us. We have heard quite a lot from Matthew and Luke, and a little from Mark since that time, but nothing from John. But John will now enter and fill in some very important information. If it was not for John here, we would be missing a very important section of the Gospel story. I have introduced John to you in an earlier message. He was the beloved disciple of the Lord. The Lord chose 12 disciples. Of those, Peter, James and John were the closest to Him. But of those three, John was the closest of all. We will meet this John in these next messages. This is not John the Baptist, of whom we have heard by now already. We are now talking about the Apostle John.