August 29, 2007
"After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am unworthy to stoop down and untie. I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit" (Mark 1:7-8).
In the verse above, John the Baptist denied that he was the Messiah prophesied to come. Instead, John served as the forerunner of our Redeemer, Jesus Christ. John suffered imprisonment and eventually gave his life for Christ. His persecutors did not demand that John deny Christ, but only that he keep silent and not speak the truth. John shed his blood for the truth by preaching the truth. Christ proclaimed, " I am the truth." John surely died for Christ. Today we celebrate the martyrdom of John the Baptist.
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