Month: November 2015 (Page 8 of 9)

And this is the testimony of John.  When the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites [to him] to ask him, “who are you?” he admitted and did not deny it, but admitted, “I am not the Messiah.”  So they asked him, “What are you then? Are you Elijah?” And he said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.” So they said to him, “Who are you, so we can give an answer to those who sent us? What do you have to say for yourself?” He said: “I am ‘the voice of one crying out in the desert, “Make straight the way of the Lord.”‘ as Isaiah the prophet said.”  They asked him “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah or Elijah or the Prophet?” John answered them, “I baptize with water; but there is one among you whom you do not recognize, the one who is coming after me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie.”  This happened in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.  (John 1:19-28 New American Bible translation)

Who are you? Did you ever stop to ask yourself that question?  If you have, what answers did you come up with?  I would venture to guess that many of us could and would come up with a list of adjectives and nouns to describe WHO we are.  Let’s see:  there’s our gender, our nationality, our profession, our religion, our political party, our relationship status and so much more.  But is that who we REALLY are?

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