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The Relationship Between The Ministry of Jesus and that of John the Baptist

This is the truth so far in this series:1 We believe that John the Baptist was the messenger of God. 2 He came six months ahaead of Jesus. 3 He came through the descendants of Aaron. 4 we know this was the wisdom of God so that he could stand as the hight priest to pass the sin of the world to Jesus by the laying of hands, to fulfil the Levitical order for the remission of sin. The most important issue here is that we have seen held, and read all the Farher has said about John the Baptist. So what was the purpose of his mission according to the wisdom of God? This what we have to consider in greater depth to help us to consolidate our faith of the gospel of the water and of the Spirit. It is quite clear that those who have not understood this truth are finding it difficult to be grounded in the message of the Salvation of the Soul because they fail to see the link between the ministry of Jesus and John the Baptist.In Matt.17:1-13, we can see Jesus' answer to the question His disciples asked Him about Elias who was to come first i.e to restore all things. He told them " Elias has come already............". It was atr this point the disciples understood that Jesus was referring to John the Baptist. Why then do we say that Elias must first come to restore things? I believe it is implied that He came in the way of righteousness. I understand from this that Jesus and John the Baptist's ministries were indipensable to fulfil all the righteousness of God. This righteousness has been restored to all who belive the gospel of the water and of the Spirit. We can also check Matt.5:20 to see the condition of entering Heaven. The Lord has restored all believers of the gospel of the water and of the Spirit to righteousness in the inner man. As we saw the trasfiguration of Jesus according to Mat.17:1-13, this is the revelation of Jesus to believers of the gospel of the water and of the Spirit that we shall be like the Lord on that day of resurection and rapture of the Saints. What more proof would a believer require than to accept all that the Lord has shown us in the scripture of this abundant grace that cannot be bought with money. We have now seen that it was absoluteley indispensable for God to blot out the sin of the world with His baptism and to shed His blood for the lifetime remission of sins for believers of this grace, the faith of the righteousness of God. Therefore, believers of the gospel of the water and of the Spirit should not be ashamed of the gospel of the water and of the Spirit, because it is the power of God unto Salvation, which was first given to the Jews and the the gentiles. Matt.1:16-17. Now we can see in Lk.1:17-23, and Lk.1:67-80 the beginning of God's dealing with the conception and the birth of John the Basptist. The bibble shows us that even Zacharias prophesied the redemption of mankind by Jesus and also and the prophesy of his son John the Baptist who was to go forth as the the prophet of the Highest to go forth to prepare the way before the Lord, this is to say that John the Baptist ould introduce Israel to the understanding of the message of Salvation;that is was to give knowledge to us about the remission of our sins. The remission of sins was not a temporary thing but was to to be for all the days of our lives so that we could serve God in holiness and in righteousness, and live forever without fear. Therefore, it is clear that the link here is that the Lord came togethet with the work of John the Baptist and has fulfilled the will of the Father to give us an ability to live holy and in righteousness through faith in the gospel of the water and of the Spirit.( to be continued)

• Samuel Akpabio
• United Kingdom
• 05/03/20212

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I believe that is what I need now for my spirit edification

• Akande ayobami adekunle
• Nigeria
• 05/03/20214

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The Relationship Between The Ministry of Jesus and that of John the Baptist

I believe the WORD of God will not and never can change because the Lord siad " I am the Lord , I change not.", Mal.3:6. He is the Word of God and cannot change. In looking at this review, I realisze the main thing is getting to the truth that helps to see the wisdom of God in all that He does. There is nothing new under the sun, the things which God did with the people of Israel is exactly what He is doing now in the New Testament. However, but the difference now is that the promise of the Holy Spirit is available for all who believe and walk by the faith, the substance of the Baptism of Jesus and of the Holy Spirit, God. The teaching here is that we must believe the works of God, Jesus Christ our Lord. This believe starts by the understanding of the purpose of the Father in sending John the Baptist to this world six months ahead of Jesus. We all remember that when God commissione Moses to build the Tabernacle He spent time to show him the Tabernacle and its construction, and emphsized it must be built exactly according as it was shown him. This order of God in doing all things I believe is in line with His righteousness and Holiness.   Therefore, to close this review, these are the things which has helped me to see the righteousness of God with respect to the Salvation of Man. The sonship of God is according to His righteousness. The teaching here is that we must believe in the Ministry of John the Baptised because it in line with the righteousness of God : Mark 1:1-2 tells us that he was sent as a messenger of God in the spirit of Elijah to prepare the way for our Lord before the beginning of the Lord's ministry. Also this messenger is also confirmed in Watt.11:10-11. The word of God also prophesied in Mal.3:1 about this messenger. In line with God's righteouss and holiness this messenger, John the Baptised was sent by God into the lineage of Aaron and priests of Israel. We also can see fron the book of 1Chronicles 24:1-19 how God multipleied the last two remaining Children of Aaron, Eleazar and Ithamar to produce descendants to the ministries of High Priests and priests to Zacharias and John the Baptist, the messenger of God to fulfil the Levitical ministry for the remission of sins in Jesus Christ our Lord who was sent as the righteous sacrifice for all who believe for the fulfilment of all of the old Testament for the mankind.   It is important to know and to believe that John the Baptist came in the way righteousness:Matt.11:1-14. one of the things that caught my attention here in this scripture is the word of God in Matt.11:13, " For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John." This is telling me that God was closing the old Testament period through his ministry, and in the righteousness of God, John was sent as the High priest and also the last one in Israel.Also in Matt.11:1-14, we understand that John was greater than all the prophets who were before him. Again let us understand the reason and the place of the high priest in the old Testament. We understand that he was there to represent the mankind, and offering the yearly sacrifice for the nation of Israel once a year when he would take the blood of atonement into the holy of holies once a year for the remmission of the sins of Israel. From this we can see that the relationship here between him and our Lord was to fulfil this law of God as seen in Lev.16:29-34. As Jesus was our sacrifice, then He would have to receive the sins of the world before his sacrifice on the cross of Calvary. We are now able to see the building blocks of the works of Jesus to fulfil our Salvation of the type given to Israel according to the Mercy and the righteousness of God so that the whole world has access to this grace by individual's volition, for our God would not force anyone against their will. It is beginning to be clear that it is not possible to believe the gospel of the Water and of the Spirit, the gospel of the righteousness of God without the understanding of the relationship between the ministry of Jesus and that of John the Baptist. ( The review continues ).

• Samuel Akpabio
• United Kingdom
• 05/03/20213

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Its through the Baptsim of the water and the spirit that any one can be justified,therefore be comfirmed of christ Jesus, whereby you are unlimited to sonship because you are led by the spirit of God in your day today living and therefore you are nolonger of the world /flesh but under open heaven operations by the kingdom of God and there fore you are blessed to stay blessed.Deut 28 and revelation 22

• FTIM 
• Uganda
• 05/03/20213

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The Relationship Between The Ministry of Jesus and that of John the Baptist

The essence of this review is to show that John the Baptist was the Messenger of God acording to the will of our Father in Heaven. Primarilly to assume the office of the last high Prist of the old Testament to fulfil once and for all the offering for the Atonement for sin, to pass the sins of the world to our Lord Jesus and to close the old Testament Era so that our Lord Jesus was to open the New Testament Era. Therefore, by Our Father's will, and the agreement of the Goghead John was the messenger of God sent to fulfil the Aaronic office of the High priest to offer the righteous sacrifice, Jesus Christ the Son of God, an ATONEMENT for the sins of the mankind once and for all.   The office of the High priest was given to Aaron by God. Also John the Baptist, the son of Zacharias, one of the priest from the division of Abijah. We can see here that John's father was from the division of Abijah. Zacharias was one of the grandsons of Aaron the high priest. By the division of Abijah, his descendants which is the descendant of Aaron the High Priest. Aaron's descendants preformed thier duties in the temple as High priest and some as common priests. God had given this ministry of serving as priests only to the descendant of Aaron. The evidence of this can be found in 1 Chronicles 24:1-19.There is no doubt here that God sent John the Baptist to be the last prophet and High Priest of the Old Testament period to fulfil all the righteousness of God in the Law and the prophets, and to close the old Testament period for the Lord to begin the New Testament period according to the will of God.   The question now is, What was the Day of Atonement all about. The answer to this can only be none other than the day in which the High Priest was to offer the yearly sacrifice for the remission of the sins of the nation of Israel. This scene is described in Leviticus 16:29-34. On reading this passage of the bible, we must note that it begins by saying, " This shall be a statute forever for you." We believe that the word of God is truth and does not change. therefore, if the Old Testament period was closing, how do we see the word of God being a statute for ever? It is in christ Jesus, because He is the messenger of the Covenant for ever, He was our Eternal sacrifice and became our Everlasting High Priest and Saviour. Saviour.   I believe that on the day Jesus was Baptised by John the Baptist by the laying on of hands on Jesus' head, thus passing the sins of the world to Jesus' Head sginalled the passing away of the old Testament period and the beginning of the New Testament period of the Grace of God.This is the reason why God sent John the Baptist to be born into the division of Abijah, the descendants of Aaron.   In the gospel of Lk.1:5 it says "There was in the days of Herod, the King of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah. His wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth." This passage tells us that Zacharias and Elizabeth were Aaron's descendants. Their son John the Baptist therefore was certainly inherited the office of the High priest according to the will of God. The important to note here and to believe is that this same John the Baptist baptised Jesus Christ and passed the sins of the world unto our Lord Jesus. This moment in the Jordan river was the birth place and the beginning of the Gospel of the water and the Spirit. The gospel mystery of this faith began here. For those who are truly seeking to participate in the Kingdom of heaven should at this point throw away their man-made faith of the blood of Jesus only and humble themselves to receive this faith into the center of their hearts to become sinless in their hearts. John the Baptist who inherited the office of the High Priest was the representative of mankind who baptised Jesus. He fulfilled the office of the High priest of the old Testament. John the Baptist was was God's servant raised according to the providence of redemption in Jesus Christ. It was the will of God that He was born into the house of Aaron to fulfil the office of the last High priest of the old Testament on the earth. He therefore ministered as the High priest of all humankind, and prepared the way for the Lord to bring all peoples in this world who beleive His gospel of the faith of the water and the Spirit to God.We must examine the role of John the Baptist in depth, and be able to come a clear understanding the connection of his ministry with that of our Lord Jesus. Only in this way can come to believe in the ministry of Jesus Christ who came to save us fron all the sins of this world. Many so called beleivers only think of Jesus as the saviour of mankind, but when it comes to Elijah to come, who is mentioned in malachi chapter 4 in the old Testament are ctually being indiferent. It is absolutely necessary for christians all over the world to turn to the bible in humility to seek help from the Lord to receive understanding of the relationship between the ministry of the Lord and that of John the Baptist. If there were no connection between the ministry of Jesus and that of John the Baptist, there would be no need for us to be interested in his ministry anymore.However, there is a good reason for every christian to understand the ministery of John because it is intimately link to that of Jesus.   The truth and is very sad that those who claim to be christian in this en time have eradicated the sins in their hearts because they fail to understand that unless they undrstand the link between the ministry of Jesus and that of John are not able to believe in Jesus according to the scriptures and their sins are still intact in their hearts, spirits. Also they fail to understand that the death of Jesus on the cross after His baptism was for the remission of the lifetime sins mankind is comitting sins since the beginning of the New Testament age which began after the Baptism of Jesus. For this lack of understanding they are not able to beleive that the Lord washed away all the sins of mankind in the Baptism He received from John the Baptist. As the last High priest of the old Testament, John the Baptist fulfilled his ministry by baptising Jesus.   We shall look more deeply into Jhon's ministry in the next review.

• Samuel Akpabio
• United Kingdom
• 05/03/20213