John;3;22-36
Jesus goes to the Judean countryside and spends time with His disciples and is baptized. He seems to help in water baptist before He ventures into His mandate to preach about the kingdom of God and baptizing with the Holy Spirit and fire. This shows us that Jesus helped in baptizing in water at some point. John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim because there was plenty of water, and more people were coming and being baptized. This was before John the Baptist was put in prison. As John the Baptist and Jesus went about their God-given mandate, an argument arises about who is greater than who. This is a generational problem, even in our generation people want to know the greatest preacher around, the greatest ministry around, the greatest church around, the greatest title around, and so forth. People care little about the mandate one is given by God to mankind, but they focus on the greatness or smallness of the vessel. It is not the greatness or the smallness of the vessel that counts, it is rather the greatness of God that matters. God uses us to reveal himself not us and others. He covers us under his wings and uses us for His glory so that He may be seen through us. John in response to these arguments says a man can only receive what is given to them from heaven. In other words, John knew the source of all things, God the father. John is aware of the testimony about Jesus. John knows who the Messiah is. John also knows how he has been sent and the scope of his ministry. He reveals that he belongs to Jesus by expressing that "the bride belongs to the bridegroom." John is happy about what Jesus is doing. His joy is complete because Jesus is being manifest just as he had foretold. In the figure of speech John is using, Jesus is the groom, and John is the bride. This means the disciples of John were prepared for Jesus and therefore John the Baptist had no problem having his disciples follow Jesus. John knew also his ministry was coming to conclusion and he needed to hand it over to the groom. John the baptist was happy that Jesus was becoming more popular and greater. John was willing to become small so that Jesus may become greater. This reveals to us how our greatness can easily cover the greatness of our God. Our acts can also cover the acts of God, our testimony can cover the testimony of Christ. According to John, the one who comes from above is above all. This reveals to us that since Jesus came from above, He is above all. He who comes from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth . The one from above testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony, However, whoever has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit. The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.
In a nutshell, according to the ye witness, John the Baptist, Jesus;
Is greater than John the Baptist.
Is The bridegroom.
Came from above.
Is loved by the Father.
owns all that the Father has.
Now that you know Jesus in the above-mentioned dimensions, what step will you take to respond to this revelation? Ponder about the fact that the father has placed in the hands of Jesus all He has. So you have Jesus, you have everything the Father has! You believe in Him, you have eternal life. Hallelujah!
