John "The Fearless"

Matthew 3:3

For this is he that was spoke of by the

prophet Isaiah, saying, The voice

of one crying in the wilderness."

        The presences of John was like the sudden sounding of the voice of God. At this time the Jews were sadly conscious that the voice of the prophets spoke no more. They said, that for four hundred years there had been no prophet. Throughout long centuries the voice of prophecy had been silent. As they put it themselves, "There was no voice, nor any that answered." But in John the prophetic voice spoke again. What were the characteristics of John and his message?
        He fearlessly denounced evil wherever he might find it. If Herod the king sinned by contracting an evil and unlawful marriage, John rebuked him. If the Sadducee's and Pharisees, the leaders of orthodox religion, the churchmen of their day, were sunk in ritualistic formalism, John never hesitated to say so. If the ordinary people were living lives which were unaware of God, John would tell them so.
        Wherever John saw evil in the state, in the Church, or in the crowd he fearlessly rebuked it. He was like a light which lit up the dark places; he was like wind which swept from God throughout the country., There is still a place in the Christian message for warning and denunciation. Spreading The "truth," is like a light to sore eyes. "He who never offended anyone, "never did anyone any good." 
        Amen!!

Reading: (Matt. 3:1-12)

May God Bless You

And Your Families

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr. 

The Cross Life Ministry