Well Then, Who Are You? (John 1)

I love this chapter of John. Not only John's revelation of Jesus but his (John the Baptist's) revelation of God's plan and purpose for his own life!

While John is baptizing, Jewish leaders were sent to ask him if he claimed to be the Messiah. When he answered that he was not the Messiah, their question was . . .

“Well then, who are YOU?” (vs. 21 NLT, emphasis added)

That question jumped off the page at me! Who are YOU, Arlene?

I can just hear them asking that question and the next one, “If you aren’t the Messiah or Elijah or the Prophet, what right do YOU have to baptize?”

Sound like the enemy, or people, in your life . . . Who are YOU . . . who do YOU think you are . . . remember what YOU did . . . what right do YOU have . . . ?

John the Baptist didn’t answer according to the natural. He answered with the Word of God, with who God said he was . . . “I am a voice . . .!”

“Look, there is the Lamb of God." Because of those words, John’s two disciples turned and followed Jesus.

The FIRST thing Andrew did was to FIND his brother, Simon, to TELL him, “We have found the Christ.”

Jesus FOUND Philip and said, “Come be my disciple.”

Philip went off to LOOK for Nathanel to TELL him, “We have found . . . Jesus . . .”

Who am I FINDING and TELLING?


Well then, (insert your name), who are you?

I am a voice! I plant . . . I water . . . I help bring in the harvest . . . one person at a time!