Do You Recognize Jesus?

(John said…) “This is He on behalf of whom I said, 'After me comes a Man who has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.' I did not recognize Him, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing in water." John testified saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him. I did not recognize Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, 'He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, this is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.' I myself have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God. John 1:30-34 

Sometimes we don’t recognize people for who they are. John must have grown up knowing Jesus—they were cousins. But John didn’t see Jesus as the Lamb of God until right before he baptized Him. Then he recognized that this Jesus was the Son of God.

RSVP: Do you recognize Jesus as the Son of God—the one who came to take away the sin of the world—including your sin and my sin? 

Prayer ~ Heavenly Father, open our eyes that we may see Jesus—to know Him more deeply. For those who haven’t been baptized by water or the Holy Spirit—help them to see and understand—to open their heart and lives to receive Jesus—and to recognize Him as Your Son, their Savior.

 © 2014 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.

All scripture quoted from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) unless otherwise noted.