Daily Devotion for January 5

INTRO

This week we begin a sermon series on the gospel of John. In our passage for this week, John the Baptist is being questioned to "who is he?" In this passage the religious clergy take a guess and ask John, are you Elijah?

SCRIPTURE: John 1:21

21 They asked him, "Then who are you? Are you Elijah?"

QUESTION: Why did they ask if he was Elijah?

Answer: Elijah is the herald for the Messiah (relationship between two)

21b He said, "I am not."

"Are you the Prophet?"

He answered, "No."

POINT: John the Baptist knew he was not Elijah, nor a prophet. He knew who he wasn't. Tomorrow we will find out that John the Baptist not only knew who he wasn't but also knew who he was.

QUESTION: Have you ever been asked, "Who are you?"

Do you know who you are not and who you are (like John the Baptist).

QUESTION TO PONDER

What is the first step for self discovery. To know who we truly are, not a being that merely responds the stimuli of our society.