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...the man who hears...
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John the Apostle's brief statement on John the Baptist
gives us three principles of the person who fulfils his existence.
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"there
was a man – sent from God – whose name was John"
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John 1:6. | |
| 1. | 'There
was a man' –
his
humanity |
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His parents were old enough to be his grand-parents.
That created its own problems for an only child. The loneliness that resulted
led to a situation in which God became more than his God.
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| 2. | Sent
from God' –
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"He
was in the deserts – until the time of his showing to Israel"
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Luke 1:80. | |
| his
mission
His lack of social experience did not matter. As God
had taken his nation into the desert from Egypt to make them aware of
their spiritual heritage from Abraham and its responsibility, so he also
grew into an awareness of his own part in that responsibility.
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| 3. | 'Whose
name was John' –
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"and
you shall call his name John"
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Luke 1:13. | |
| his
individuality |
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