FOLLOW JESUS WHO WILL LEAD YOU TO GOD!
Jesus stated “JOHN THE BAPTIST IS GREATER THAN ANY
OTHER MAN WHO HAS EVER LIVED. BUT EVEN THE LEAST
IMPORTANT PERSON IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS
GREATER THAN JOHN” [Mt 11:11 IC]{Lk 7:28}. Many wonder
how Jesus can say that about John (reminder: as shown before, Matthew
uses Kingdom of Heaven where Mark and Luke use Kingdom of God in
the same scriptures). John probably would have known Jesus personally
as Jesus’ mother was a “relative” [Lk 1:36] of John’s mother. God
revealed Jesus to John spiritually as John called Jesus “the Lamb of
God” [Jn 1:29] when he saw him and later explained how he knew Jesus
was “the Son of God” [Jn 1:34]. John had a great and powerful
ministry and although some of John’s disciples left and followed Jesus,
John continued his ministry and failed to follow Jesus. Years later, Paul
encountered people still following the teachings of John the Baptist [Ac
19:3]. In the beginning of Jesus ministry He proclaimed “REPENT,
FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND” [Mt 4:17 NAS].
Jesus clearly states “NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT
THROUGH ME” [Jn 14:6]. A possible explanation for Jesus statement
“THE LEAST IMPORTANT PERSON IN THE KINGDOM OF
HEAVEN IS GREATER THAN JOHN” is that John was not
considered in the Kingdom of Heaven as he chose not to follow Jesus.
No matter how successful we are in the world including in ministry we
must be careful to follow Jesus to God and never stop being open to
God’s guidance, as Jesus tells us to always “OBEY MY FATHER IN
HEAVEN” [Mt 7:21 TL]. Do you follow God by way of Jesus?
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