Welcome to the For the Gospel podcast where we're all about sound doctrine for everyday people. My name

is Kosti Hinn and I am your host. And on today's episode, I want to take a chunk out of the

plethora of questions you've been sending in. As promised, I will keep doing these episodes so you can get biblical

answers and keep asking questions knowing we're going to cover it either in a Q&A episode like this

or in an entire teaching episode like we have been doing. Let's jump right in. First question that someone sent in,

in reference to Luke 115 was John the Baptist saved before birth? The passage refers to John the

Baptist leaping in the womb of Elizabeth, his mother, and the child being filled with the

spirit. And there's these references that appear to look not normal in that John is already in the

womb experiencing some sort of filling or understanding of what is coming for his life. Well, based on what scripture teaches, I believe that

this passage, Luke 115, does give evidence that John the Baptist was called, saved, predestined,

if you will, in the womb because he was a prophetic voice. Like Jeremiah in Jeremiah 1, 4 through 5,

the Bible says the same thing about Jeremiah. John the Baptist was set apart even from the time that

he was in the womb. And that's really the phrase, set apart in the womb. This highlights God's sovereign choice over the lives of his prophets and his

people. It most certainly gives evidence to how special John the Baptist was in the sovereign

plan of God to prepare the way for his son Jesus to come. Think about this for a moment.

God's sovereign plan is that his son would come,

like a lamb, who would give his life to take away the sins of his people. We're all saved because

of Christ, and the forerunner declaring repent. Repent is John the Baptist. Do you think God is messing around with his

birth, with his calling, and with the sovereign providence upon his life? No way. John the Baptist

is part of God's eternal plan and purposes in Christ. And so we could see a clear reference to John the Baptist

being set apart in the womb like all prophets were. Number two, should guilt and shame play a role

in repentance? Yes, but how long should it remain over your head is the bigger question.

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