Pastor Huang – Jesus doesn’t take away our blessings and doesn’t compete with us.

SERMON OUTLINE:
Jesus Does Not Take Away the Blessings that Belong to us
He Does Not Compete with us

Someone asked Picasso “Why can’t we understand your paintings?”
Picasso answered “Have you heard Birds chirping?” “Yes, I have.” “Did you enjoy it?” “Yes, I did.” “Did you understand it?”
1. There Were God’s Will and Goals in John’s Birth
Luke 1:11~17‘
The Bible scriptures above demonstrated the characteristics of John the Baptist:
Bringing joy to parents and many others;
Being great in the sight of the Lord;
Being filled with the holy spirit;
Turning many people to the Lord;
Making ready a people prepared for the Lord as Elijah.

2. John was Clearly Aware of His Role and Mission
Scrip: Luke 3: 2~16, John 1: 23~34
Preaching the baptism of repentance: The prophet of making ready the way of the Lord: Far lower than the Christ :
Reveal what Christ is to Israelites: Saw the sign from God and knew that Jesus is the son of God:

3. John Gradually Ignored His Role and Mission
John3:22-
Actions didn’t match the speaking: He did not bring all his followers to Jesus Because Jesus did not behave exactly as he expected, he started to doubt his pervious judgement:

4. Jesus’s Style of Work
Jesus did not deny John in front of people: Luke 7:23- : Jesus gave recognition of the role of John in the Kingdom of God: Jesus won’t force John to act according to his role: Jesus won’t compete with John:
 When our thoughts are not exactly the same with Jesus, he will step to the side: Jesus could not behave according to John’s incorrect opinion (Jesus did not save John the Baptist)

Conclusion and Application
What to learn from John the Baptist:

The inspiration and role model of Jesus: