A True Test of Discipleship and Humility. Our Gospel for Jan 2, 2013
January 2, 2013 by bible sharing online
The Testimony of John
John 1: 19-28
This is the testimony of John.
When the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to him
to ask him, “Who are you?”
He admitted and did not deny it, but admitted,
“I am not the Christ.”
So they asked him,
“What are you then? Are you Elijah?”
And he said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet?”
He answered, “No.”
So they said to him,
“Who are you, so we can give an answer to those who sent us?
What do you have to say for yourself?”
He said:
“I am the voice of one crying out in the desert,
‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’
as Isaiah the prophet said.”
Some Pharisees were also sent.
They asked him,
“Why then do you baptize
if you are not the Christ or Elijah or the Prophet?”
John answered them,
“I baptize with water;
but there is one among you whom you do not recognize,
the one who is coming after me,
whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie.”
This happened in Bethany across the Jordan,
where John was baptizing.
Ang Patotoo ni Juan
Juan 1: 19-28
Ito ang patotoo ni Juan nang isugo sa kaniya ng mga Judio ang mga saserdote at mga Levita mula sa Jerusalem. Isinugo sa kaniya ang mga saserdote at mga Levita upang tanungin siya: Sino ka? 20 Siya ay nagtapat at hindi nagkaila. Kaniyang ipinagtapat: Hindi ako ang Mesiyas.[a]
21 Tinanong nila siya: Sino ka ba talaga? Ikaw ba si Elias?
Sinabi niya: Hindi ako.
Ikaw ba ang propeta?
Siya ay sumagot: Hindi.
22 Sinabi nga nila sa kaniya: Sino ka ba? Sabihin mo sa amin, nang sa gayon ay maibigay namin ang sagot sa nagsugo sa amin. Ano ang masasabi mo patungkol sa iyong sarili?
23 Sinabi niya: Ako ang tinig na sumisigaw sa ilang. Tuwirin ninyo ang daan ng Panginoon tulad ng sinabi ni Isaias na propeta.
24 Ngayon, silang mga sinugo ay nagmula sa mga Fariseo. 25 Tinanong nila siya at sinabi sa kaniya: Bakit ka nagbabawtismo yamang hindi ikaw ang Mesiyas, ni si Elias, ni ang propeta?
26 Sumagot si Juan sa kanila na nagsasabi: Ako ay nagbabawtismo ng tubig, ngunit sa inyong kalagitnaan ay may isang nakatayo na hindi ninyo kilala. 27 Siya ang paparitong kasunod ko na higit kaysa sa akin. Hindi ako karapat-dapat na magkalag ng panali ng kaniyang panyapak.
28 Ang mga bagay na ito ay nangyari sa Betabara, sa ibayo ng Jordan na pinagbabawtismuhan ni Juan.
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John the Baptist gets this delegation out to see him, to legitimize his ministry. It’s his chance to step onto a national stage and establish himself. What an opportunity! But he blows it. As these big leaders question him, each answer speaks less and less about him and more and more about Jesus. His first answer is “I am not the Christ”. Then “I am not”. Then down to “No”. He simply doesn’t want to talk about himself. That is ALL most of us do most of the time. But John the Baptist wants to talk about Jesus.
Also, the bit about him being unworthy to strap Jesus’ sandal is something I never got before, at least not totally. I just discovered that in their culture, a disciple would do many things to help out their rabbi. The rabbi wouldn’t get paid for teaching the scriptures, it was an honor. So the disciples would offer service to help out their rabbi. But there were limits to what they would do. There is an ancient rabbinic saying that goes “Every service which a slave performs for his master shall a disciple do for his teacher except the losing of his sandal-thong.” It was beneath the disciple to do this. But here, JtB picks that very thing to say he is unworthy of doing. I often think Jesus owes me, and JtB says he isn’t even worth touching Jesus shoes. I have much, much work to do in this area.
Lord teach us the humility of heart like your son John the Baptist. Free us of every inch of pride in ourselves so we can serve you from our heart and not from our minds.
God bless us always!
Ref: Jason Chenoweth