JOHN THE BAPTIST - WICK FOR JESUS Jn 1
 

I. John's The One That _______ The Way To Jesus
   A. In his 30s he was __ months older than Jesus
   B. Dress : _______  skins
   C. Diet : _________  and wild honey
   D. Crowds came to the _________ to hear him
   E. He was the ______ in the wilderness Lk 3:1-4
   F. Drank no _____ or strong _____ and was filled with the _____ Lk 1:15
  G. Powerful preacher :called the Pharisees a  brood of _____ ( Mt 3:7 ) ; the king is an _______ ( Mt 14:3-4 )
   H. Successful preacher : ______ went to hear him preach ( Mt 3:5-6 )
 
II. The Importance Of John
   A. He was greatest ______ who had ever lived to that time Mt 11:11
   B. He was the greatest _______ who ever lived Lk 7:28
   C. He was the ________ and _______ light Jn 5:35
        ( the phrase means wick )
   D. A wick is _________ by giving off light
 
III . Witnesses About John's Greatness
   A. Jesus ( see II above )
   B. The Multitude came said he did no miracles but everything John said about Jesus
was ____ Jn 10:41
   C. The Bible
      i. he was born to ________ parents Lk 1:6
      ii. they were too old for a child but still _______ Lk 1:13
      iii. John was to be a prophet of the most high and _______ the way for the Lord  Lk 1: 76
      iv. childhood : grew, became strong in the spirit , and was in the ________ until the
day he was shown to Israel
   D. Herod said that Jesus must be John returned from the _____  who he had wrongly put
to death  Mk 6:14-16
   E. John Jn 1
      i. I am not the _____
      ii. I am not _______
      iii. I am not that _______
      iv. I am the _______ crying in the wilderness
      v. I baptize with ______ but one coming after me whose shoes I am not worthy to
unloose .
 
IV. Take Homes
   A. Since John realized that as great as he was he was to be used up in the Lord's service , then there is no room for our pride and arrogance
   B. We must use all our talents to point others to our Lord
   C. There is no room for APATHY - sitting on the pew !

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Please be back with us tonight at 6 PM. Clyde Payne will be bringing us
another interesting message. Please join us.

WEDNESDAY BIBLE STUDY . We are on Lesson 18 in the Study of the book of Romans. A great Video presentation by Richard Rogers, followed by a summary and discussion.

The third Saturday of the Month singing will be held on Feb, 16th at 6 pm, at the Central Church of Christ in Oceanside . That's this coming Saturday . Everyone welcome.