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Luke 1:17

Sammie Barnes — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:43:38 +0000

Luke 1:17
Elijah Looked on Proudly as John …

Turned Fathers Hearts to Children
Turned Disobedient Hearts to Righteous Wisdom
Made Ready a People Prepared for the Lord

And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

John Prepared People for Jesus’ Appearing, Leading, and Salvation as Messiah.

Luke 24:44

Sammie Barnes — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:01:45 +0000

Luke 24:44
Jesus Appropriately Cited His Sources: Legal, Revelational, and Creative Texts

He Fulfilled Prophecy Found in …

Law of Moses
Prophetic Writings
Psalms

He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”

High Quality Journalism Calls for Multiple Lines of Corroborative, Verifiable, and Confirmed Information

John 1:20-21, 24-25

Sammie Barnes — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:23:16 +0000

John 1:20-21, 24-25
John Didn’t Make False Claims About Himself

NOT Messiah
NOT Elijah
NOT “the Prophet”

He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Christ.” They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.” [...] Now some Pharisees who had been sent questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?” NIV

Knowing Who Someone Isn’t Can Help Us Know Better Who Someone Is

John 5:37-38

Sammie Barnes — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:01:58 +0000

John 5:37-38
God’s Testimony Can Be Ignored through Unbelief in Jesus as Messiah

Never Hear the Father’s Voice
Never See the Father’s Form
Absence of Indwelling of God’s Word

And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form, nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent. NIV

Unbelief Makes for a Lot of Nothing

John 7:41-42

Sammie Barnes — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:52:17 +0000

John 7:41-42
Would the Doubters Have Believed in Jesus if They’d Known that He Met All of Their Conditions?

Galilee? Yes, but also …
David’s Lineage
Bethlehem, David’s Town

Others said, “He is the Christ.” Still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee? Does not the Scripture say that the Christ will come from David’s family and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?” NIV

The Answer is “Yes, All of the Above.”