There was a man sent from God...

John 1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world. (NKJV)

Jesus is the true Light! He is the only source of spiritual rebirth unto salvation. We look at John's call to come before Jesus, as prophesied in Isaiah 40:3, to bear witness to the light/Jesus and we can easily see it as a unique and very special call. It is that, as even Jesus said:

Luke 7:28 For I say to you, among those born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.” (NKJV)

However, is it really very different in nature than His call for us to bear witness of the Light after He has come?

Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (NKJV)

OK, I realise this may be a little different, as we are not individually/specifically identified in OT scripture like John the Baptist, but aren't we just as much part of God's eternal, pre-conceived plan to make the Light/Jesus known in the world?

Eph. 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. (NKJV)

We are called to do good works for the sake of Jesus Christ and that according to God's "prepared beforehand" plan. Not very different from John's call when you see it this way! Surely our bearing witness to the only Light that can save sinners, Jesus Christ, is the thing our good works and entire lives are meant to do as His now redeemed workmanship!

There was a man/woman/youth/church sent from God - YOU!

Could anything be better?

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