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Go Back to Christmas, Part 2: To Find your Purpose - Pastor Kuehl
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Have you ever wondered why the Jewish leaders sent people to ask John who he was (vs19)? Why did they care? Why did they need more than public knowledge? Because John was great. He had crowds coming out to him, listening to him, obeying him. He had power and influence. He was great! But he was also confusing. Surely, he could have turned all this attention to his own benefit, but he didn’t. He just wore his hair shirt and ate bugs and honey. When the priests and Levites gave him all kinds of opportunities to make claims for himself, he passed on all of them. Instead, he simply pointed ahead to Jesus, because John knew that no matter what he was, and no matter what he could do, the best thing he could do was to point others to Jesus. So also for us. While we may not live a life exactly like John’s, the second lesson shows us how we can also be great. Confusing…but great. As we live our Christian lives, as we are different from this world, may we also point others to Christ.
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