Read John 1:15

"John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me." John 1:15

What should be the focus of our witness? Should it be on us and our faithfulness? Should it be about our church and all that we are doing? Or, should it be on Christ and what He has done for our salvation?

Look at John the Baptist. "John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me."

Did John testify of himself and all the work he was doing? Did he focus on how many people he baptized in the Jordan? No, he pointed to Jesus. And what did he say of Jesus? That "He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me." Even though Jesus was born after John (being about six months younger), and even though John’s ministry came before that of Jesus, John directed people to Jesus and said that Jesus was to be preferred before him. And even though John was older, yet John testified that Jesus already was before him; for Jesus is the eternal Son of God who was made man to redeem us! John pointed people to Jesus and not to himself, for Jesus is God the Son, the Messiah and Savior! "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved" (Acts 4:12).

O Jesus, eternal Son of God come into this world to redeem us, grant that we testify of You and direct people to You, for You only are our Savior. Amen.

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