Who was John the Baptist? he was related to Jesus, when he grew up he became a prophet,our Saviour called him great (Matthew 11 v 11) ,and his message was great,his ministry was a fulfillment of OT prophecies ,Isaiah 40 v 3/ Malachi 4 v5.That ministry was to prepare the way of the Lord,he called the people unto repentance,He was very popular and he was acknowledged by the people as a prophet Matthew 21 v26. He made it clear that he was not the Messiah ,John 1 v20.He had his disciples, and when Jesus became popular, they were concerned, but John said,'A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven John 3v27. Leon Morris says this,'John sees the hand of the Father in everything'. This struck me as a very interesting and challenging statement.What to you see when you think of Ukraine?, Putin,is not our sovereign God,got a purpose in this awful war?.At this stage I must confess I don't know what that purpose is ,what I would say is He is not guilty of the evil perpetrated in it. Most of us don't know as regards why so many things happen in this world,because we are not God, the greatest thinkers,when it comes to it,know very little. One of the most interesting verses in the bible is to be found in Deuteronomy 29 v 29,which reads ,'The secret things belong unto the Lord our God,' God is not obliged to tells us everything, nothing will change that, may God grant us the grace,to leave it at that,and to trust Him.
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