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Text: Luke 7: 24-28

HIGH COMMENDATION OF JOHN THE BAPTISER

1. The Disciples of John

a. After they saw the Miracles of the Lord Jesus.

b. And after they had received a word from the Lord for John, they left (Luke 7:24a).

2. The Lord Jesus paid high tribute to John the Baptiser (Luke 7:24-28)

a. John had a ministry in the wilderness.

b. But he was not like a common reed found in the wilderness (Luke 7:24).

c. He was not a soft man who was dressed gorgeously and enjoyed luxury (Luke 7:25).

d. John was a prophet and more (Luke 7:26).

e. He was the one who fulfilled a prophecy (Luke 7:27).

i. He was a special messenger from God.

ii. His special task was to be a forerunner for the Messiah.

iii. He came to prepare the way of the Lord.

f. There was no prophet greater than John (Luke 7:28a).

i. Not in terms of length of ministry.

ii. Not in terms of content in his preaching ministry.

iii. He was greater because his task was to prepare the way of the Coming Messiah (that was the Lord Jesus Christ).

3. A puzzling remark

a. John’s greatness was established by the Lord Jesus.

b. But what did the Lord Jesus mean by these words?

“But he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he?” Luke 7:28b

c. How can we be “greater?”

i. Our greatness is not measured by the things we do.

ii. Our greatness is found in our relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.

d. The things that can make us great in the Lord.

i. Our knowledge of the Lord Jesus.
John’s knowledge of the Lord was rather limited.

ii. Our faith in the Lord Jesus.
We can have a great faith like the Roman centurion.

iii. Being filled with the Holy Spirit.
We can be wonderfully filled by the Spirit of God and we can bear much fruit.

经文：路加福音 7：24-28

对施洗约翰的崇高赞扬,/h3>

1. 约翰的门徒

a．当他们目睹了主耶稣的神迹后

b．和收到主耶稣要带给约翰的话，就离开了 《路加福音 7：24a》

2．主耶稣向施洗约翰致以崇高的赞扬《路加福音 7：24-28》

a．约翰在旷野里有一个事工

b．但他却不像旷野中常见的芦苇《路加福音 7：24》

c．他不是一个穿着华丽，享受奢华的软弱男子《路加福音 7：25》

d．约翰比先知大多了《路加福音 7：26》

e．他是来应验预言的《路加福音 7：27》

i．他是上帝的特别使者

ii．他的特别任务是成为弥赛亚的先锋

iii．他来是为主预备道路的

f．没有一位先知大过约翰《路加福音 7：28a》

i．这不是论事工的长短而言

ii．也不是论他传道事工的内容而言

．他更伟大，因为他的任务是为弥赛亚预备道路 (那就是主耶稣基督)

3．一个令人困惑难解的言论

a．约翰的伟大是由主耶稣建立的

b．但主耶稣这些话是什么意思呢？

“然而神国里最小的比他还大” 《路加福音 7：28b》

c．我们怎能“更加伟大”？

i．我们的伟大不是由我们所做的事情来衡量的

ii．我们的伟大在于我们与主耶稣基督的关系

d．能使我们在主里为大的事

i．我们对主耶稣的认识

约翰对主的认识是有限的

ii．我们对主耶稣的信心

我们可以像罗马百夫长一样拥有莫大的信心

iii．被圣灵充满

我们可以被上帝的圣灵奇妙地充满，并可以结出许多果子