The Character of John around Jesus in Mark
I am beginning a look into the different characters in the gospel of Mark. This Jesus character will be the main focus but we will look into the other characters around him.
“John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.”
John AKA John the Baptist. He is well known throughout the gospels and the history of the Church. We cannot have a Jesus without first having a John. For John came to get the Jews and other people living in Israel ready for Jesus. He was proclaiming a message of repentance and confession with baptism as an outward sign of willingness to be ready to make their paths straight for Jesus.
But His ministry was short-lived because he had to decrease so that Jesus could flourish and increase.
In the words of John himself: “He must increase, but I must decrease.”
“After John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee, preaching the good news of God: “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the good news! ”
Our own ministries are a reflection of John. At first, it is kinda about us. It is a leap of faith for us to get started, but then as it grows and we mature it becomes more about what Jesus will do with what he has directed us to start. We must decrease while he is increasing and there will be a point where we will need to hand it over to someone else to take over so that we may begin a new thing in faith. As for BQTT, I don’t think it is time to give it up, but there is in my mind a small step to grow it a little, more to come later. John had a flourishing ministry and all at once he was arrested by Herod and Jesus picked up where John left off.
“For Herod himself had given orders to arrest John and to chain him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, whom he had married.”
“After John was arrested, Jesus went to Galilee, preaching the good news of God: “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the good news! ”
Are we willing to pick up where other Johns have left their ministries and are we willing for others to pick up where we left our ministries?
An idea I have to grow BQTT is to make it my website. Right now it is bharper504.blogspot.com. I want to make it BQTT.com or something similar. It will be a small investment but I think it will be a big change to help spread the word. If you all have an idea about what I should make my website name feel free to contact me with ideas.
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