John
3:28 KJV
Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ,
but that I am sent before him.
John the Baptist was the last
of the Old Testament prophets and the first of the New Testament preachers. As
such his ministry is prophetic of all New Testament ministries. John's place
was never to make a name for himself but to always point to Christ.
- When people came to him, his
response was always the same; find Christ.
- When word got to him that men were
following Jesus (to the exclusion of John) his response was "…this my joy therefore is fulfilled."
And so it should be for the
preacher today. Our watchword must ever be, "I must decrease." It is
simply not about us and what people may make of us. The only name that matters
is the name of Jesus Christ.
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