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In the silence Andrew could hear him protesting. "No! No! No!" The Prophet stepped back in awe. "I am not worthy to baptize you. You should baptize me!" The two fishermen could not hear the Galilean's reply, but they saw him walk down into the water, John the Baptizer leading. The people stood as though fascinated.
FAITH is the human condition necessary for the cleansing of the soul; so that, in a very important sense, we are sanctified by faith. THE DIVINE OMNIPOTENT HOLY GHOST is the immediate agency of heart-cleansing. He is the baptizing element administered by Christ the Divine Baptizer: "He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost."
When did you first find out about him?" "A couple of months ago John and Andrew went up to Jerusalem and when they came back they told us they had met this man," answered Simon. "They saw him baptized by John the Baptizer. The Prophet told them that Jesus was going to be a mighty servant of God. We didn't take it very seriously though you know how enthusiastic Andrew gets.
"What sort of man is he?" demanded Herod. "He has great influence with the people," he said. "This Pharisee admits that his miracles are not tricks." "Miracles!" Herod became very sober. "Who is this man?" he demanded. "Has John the Baptizer risen from the dead?" Against his better judgment he had executed the Prophet a few weeks before. "That is not possible," answered an officer.
"What I cannot understand," said Andrew, "is how he knows all these things. Where did he learn it all?" "It is strange," agreed Simon. "You would almost think he came down from heaven, wouldn't you?" Far away to the south, John the Baptizer was imprisoned in King Herod's fortress at Machaerus.
"God is not our servant! We are his servants! We obey him." "John the Baptizer says God will soon set up his Kingdom," added John. "I must say the Zealots make better sense to me," interrupted Simon. "After all, you have to make some effort yourself. You can't just sit and wait." "Who are the Zealots?" asked the gentile.
The heat of early summer had come quickly this year and now threatened to destroy the crop. Farmers were hard at work cutting the wheat and threshing out the grain on platforms of earth pressed smooth as stone. "Are you sure that John the Baptizer is still at Bethany?" called Andrew over his shoulder. John did not answer.
As John was the Baptist or Baptizer, Jesus was the Christ the Anointed. The title is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew Messiah, and means the Anointed. It denotes that He who bore it was separated, consecrated, and invested with high office. These distinctions met in Jesus, rendering the title appropriate.
Dominating both city and plain stood the square stone tower of Cyprus; from this high lookout Herod's soldiers could easily see any enemy who might dare attack Jericho. Jewish pilgrims crowded the road. "They must have waded the Jordan at the ford where we first heard John the Baptizer," commented Andrew to John.
"Why not go over and see?" suggested Simon. In a moment John came running back. "It is Jesus, the Galilean whom Andrew and I saw with John the Baptizer! Andrew! Andrew!" he called. "Come and see him, Simon. Come on!" "I think I had better finish cleaning this net, John." "But this man is a Prophet!" "You go ahead if you want to." John gave Simon a disgusted look.
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