John 3:22-36

This last Sunday we were studying the next section in John's gospel. We looked at two things, firstly John the Baptist's attiude that of Jesus becoming greater and him becoming less. John is content with the role that he has been given, He says I am not the Christ, I am the messenger, I am not the bridgegroom, I am the freind who serves and waits on the bridegroom. It is Jesus who is great and I am to become less. The question I posed on Sunday was whether we were content with the roles that God has given, content with the way in which God has called us to serve or whether we were secretly hankering after a greater role, a role with greater prestige, greater standing in the community. Furthermore were were we serving for our glory or to make Jesus great. John the Baptist's example is one we should certainly follow - to be those who are content with the role God has given us and to do all things for the glory of Jesus not ourselves.

The second point we looked at was why Jesus must become greater and we noted five things (listen to the sermon to see them all!). Ultimately though we saw, that he must become greater because Jesus is the only one who can give life, Jesus is the only one who can truly testify about God because He is the only one from above. Thus John concludes with the statement "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him. Thus Jesus must become greater because it is only belief in him and him alone not John the Baptist, not us, that will grant someone eternal life. That is why we must become less and he MUST become greater. Who is it you are believing in? One who can give eternal life?

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