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John 1:29 Commit VeTBI
30 Commentary.
TIME. February, Al. DIT.
Bethany beyond the Jordan
EXPOSITION. i. Johns
TO the Committee from Jerusal6
rs. The ministry Of John til
list has aroused great excitl
People were Id expectation.
were reasoning concerning
whether happily he were the
lLuke S::159 This gave fis
committee being sent from Jerl|
to investigate. There We're tW
sons for whom the people were
ing as preparatory to the comb
Christ, Elijah, as prpphesied byj
achi tMal 49, and the PrI
like unto Moses lDeut. 18IEI
John frankly confesses that hid
not Christ, nor Elijah, norI
Prophet predicted by Moses.
have been those in recent years.
claimed to be Elijah and the Pt4
predicted by Moses, and Mes
of the covenant and David" a
Branch" one of the two witneM
Revelation, etc. There was 4 81
which John was Elijah Matt.
II: 10-13), j. Ell. he came in thAy
and power of Elijah duke ls17t
Elijah in the sense in which the
ton was asked, a real re-incari
of the prophet Elijah, he was
How unlike the real John W
those who in our day claim to
successor! There is the utnlo&
mility in the way in which
states his real position He speF
himself as only a voice crying
wilderness, applying to himsd
prophecy OF Isaiah lisa 4
which so clearly set forth JOB
Baptist's mission. "A voice i
thing to be heard, not seen.
had denied that he was the Cl
Elijah, or chat prophet. tn
and Levites made bod to que
authority for baptizing. In I
way, they made bold to
Jesus authority at later DAY l.
21:23) and later still the autN
of the apostles to preach (Acts
In his answer John again displaN
humility His baptism in wate1
nothing to the baptism of the Cd
One (cf. Matt. 3:11; Acts 1:5 Il
Christ was already in their midsI
they were so blind that they al
recognize Him (cf. VS.. 10, IL
8-19; 1870. Happy Is the ny
really knows The Christ (Jno.
but the world, even to-day,
Him not CT John 3:.1).
III. John the Baptist's Tel
Concerning jesus, 1854. Notl
precision with which John th
gelist marks the exact time tn
things occurred. He himself
eyewitness. John first testi
Jesus was the Lamb of God
reference is beyond question:
sacrificial lambs, the atoninS
fees of the Old Testament I'd
22:7, s.; Elk. 1853; Mum. 2S
lisa. 53s7) AS the Lamb o
Jesus would take away the sin f.
world. The thought here is
liverance from sins power, but
ment and deliverance from sin
Jesus is the Deliverer fronl
power and presence as well a
guilt (Matt. 1:21; Heb. 7:25
"a, but this is not the though
Where taking away Of sin is
of in connection with atoning b
always refers to the removal
guilt of sin (cf. Lev. 1880;
a4:19. 81; Jer. 1878; Ps. 51:f
1:5; TIA; Heb. 1922, %; Eph&
Rom. 1926; $50; Matt. 26.:2S
the Lamb of God in atoning 81,
Jesus made Precipitation for
John 30; Matt. 20:2S; 2 Cor
Gal. 3:13), and cn the ground
Precipitation sin is taken aV
moved from the sinner as faI
east is from the west FPS.
CT, Lev. 1921, az. God d
mercy with men before Christ
because Jesus was 1.-THE Lam
from the foundation of the ~
trey. 1880. The death of {
was, in Gods sight, an eternal
But while the death of Christ {
In this way for all men, believes
nnbeliever, it fully avails onl.
those who accept it. Jesus Il
Saviour of all men, especially of
that believe" q Tim. 4:10).
need be no difficulty with j
statement, 81 knew Him not.
lived in Judea, Jesus In Galilee,
though Jesus had gone up to the
over, it is quite likely that il
great crowds He did not meet
but probably what John means il
he did not know Him as the co
Messiah. AS soon cs he saw,
gave his testimony. The desce
the Spirit was not mere subjt
experience seen only by Jesus
Matt. 8: 16; Luke 1920, but a
jective fact, witnessed by job
wen as Jesus. John is not the
baptizer, but Jesus, the baptizer
the Holy Ghost and fire (cf.
SSH; John S::34. r. ": Acts /
AZ; 1896. The baptism wit
Spirit is the great baptism, thu
baptism that unites all believer!
the one body (Eph. 4:4. s.: CT.
12:13) and Jesus, and Jesus on
He that baptized with the
Ghost. AS the baptizer with the
Ghost, John also recognized Jes
the Son Of God. He is the s.
God, because begotten of God
1850 and possessed Of the attri
of the Father (Heb. 1885, Phil.
r, w, SO fully that He could
He that hath seen Me hath see
Father (John 14:9); the o.
\ whom all the fulness OF the Got
dwelt bodily tool. 2s9); to be
ored even as the Father is no
(John 5::23).
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The cramped heart CART r.
the Christ.
Would Exferminate Deer.