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Ministry of John, the Baptist

By Revd 'Remi Tejumola

Shalom! Happy New Year to you. May this year be so filled with all goodness that will cause your life to appreciate and develop in Jesus' name. Amen.

So many people believed that John the Baptist did not have a supernatural ministry. So they used him as an example of a minister whose ministry did not have accompany signs and wonders like that of Jesus. How wrong they are.

First, the conception of John was supernatural. Prayer brought him. The Bible records, "But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John" (Luke 1:13).

Secondly, just as the angel said, he was filled with the Holy Spirit from his mother's womb (Jesus wasn't): The Angel said, "... he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb" (Luke 1:15).

Third, when his ministry began, it affected so many peoples' lives that multitudes trooped out to meet him at the Jordan river, repenting from their sins. This didn't happen with the Pharisees. No, it didn't. The Bible says, "Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:" (Matthew 3:5-8).

Fourth, the gifts of the Spirit operated in his ministry. That was how he was able to recognize who Jesus was. The same thing could have occurred in his dealings with people in his ministrations. John said, "And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God" (John 1:33-34).

Finally, it was under his ministry that the Holy Spirit came upon Jesus and led Him into the wilderness for His final preparation for His own ministry. The Bible records, "And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him" (Matthew 3:16).

When people genuinely repent from sin, peace normally settle in their hearts. Thousands of people experienced this under the ministry of John the baptist as they were baptized in water. Supernatural things followed his ministry that's why it was very attractive to people. His was a unique ministry and it served God's purpose. He was used to introduce the Messiah, Jesus, to Israel and the entire world. The Bible says, "The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world" (John 1:29).

Till next posting, God bless.

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