The Bible Study Podcast, episode 320. Today, the Bible Study podcast continues the study of the

Gospel of John with part two.

Welcome to the Bible Study podcast. I'm your host, Chris Christensen. Last week, as we looked at John, we started with chapter 1,

which is always a good place to start. And we talked about how John retells the story of

creation through the eyes of being a Christian now that he has been a Christian for decades

at the time of the writing of his gospel and looking at the creation story through the understanding that Jesus

is part of the Trinity, that Jesus and the Holy Spirit and the Father were all present there

at the beginning of time. And so talks about the coming of the word. Now, as we continue on with

chapter one, John will start to tell more of a traditional tale, a part that

sounds much more familiar if you've read one of the synoptic gospels, one of the gospels,

Matthew, Mark, or Luke, as he tells the story of John the Baptist.

Now, the one thing that is interesting to know is, as we look at this story, is that John,

the writer of the gospel, is a disciple of

John the Baptist, and so this is a part of the story he knows very well.

John 1, Chapter 1, verse 19.

Now, this was John's testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and

Levites to ask him who he was.

He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, I am not the Messiah. They asked him, then who are you? Are you Elijah? He said, I am not.

Are you the prophet? He answered no. Finally, they said, who are you? Give us an answer to take back to

those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?

John replied, in the words of Isaiah the prophet, I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness,

make straight the way for the Lord. Now the Pharisees who had been sent questioned him,

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