The Baptist's Magnificent Self-Suppression Points Disciples Away
John the Baptist stands at a hinge of history—the last of the Prophets face to face with the Fulfilment of all prophecy. His words, 'Behold...
This is historical examples on self-suppression in service and faithful decrease, drawing on John 1:37-39.
John the Baptist stands at a hinge of history—the last of the Prophets face to face with the Fulfilment of all prophecy. His words, 'Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world!' are prophecy's swan-song, its final Eureka! uttered as it dies. Yet what arrests us most is not the majesty of the moment, but the Baptist's bare magnanimity.…
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