John the Baptist is one of the great characters of the Bible. His purpose was simple,

to prepare the way for the coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ. Jesus himself said of John

that he was the greatest of those born of women.

This greatness was not in himself, not his personality, not talent,

but his greatness was in his task, introducing people to Jesus.

Join Scott Pauley now as he leads us in a study of this great man.

Music We've got Paulie now as he leads us in a study of this great man. We've been making a journey over the last several weeks with one of my favorite Bible characters, a man that I've come to know in a greater way and love and admire.

A man I'm looking forward to meeting someday. I've met him only on the

pages of scripture, but he's real and the truth from his life is real. This man is John the Baptist.

I hope you've enjoyed this journey with me. We've come now to the end of John's life. He will

shortly die. He'll shortly give a message to Herod that Herod, and more important,

Herod's wife, his family members, will not appreciate, and it will cost him his life.

One day, one unnamed day, we don't know exactly when it was, John the Baptist will be beheaded.

And that will be the end, oh, but not the end. No, a glorious beginning to that

eternal glory that John entered into. And the wonderful thing is that John finished well. That didn't

finish well because it was easy. His life was hard from start to finish. Most of us are so everlasting

spoiled. We don't know what real struggle and sacrifice is.

John the Baptist did, especially as he neared the end. The Bible says in Matthew 11, verse 2,

when John had heard in the prison, the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples and said

unto him, art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?

And Jesus answered and said unto them, go and show John again those things, which you do hear

and see. Sometimes we need to hear it again, don't we? The blind received their sight, and the

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