The Birth of John the Baptizer

Mark Driscoll Audio

Mark Driscoll

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.6 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2015

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Besides Jesus, John the Baptizer was the greatest man to ever live. We can learn from seven aspects of his greatness—including that he was a Spirit-filled evangelist who humbly prepared the way for Jesus. He avoided adolescence and thus is a great example of what it means to be a real man. Real men are creators and cultivators, not childish consumers, cowards, or complainers.

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0:00.0	On behalf of Pastor Mark Driscoll, we want to thank you for allowing us to bring you
0:07.3	Jesus Center Bible teaching.
0:09.8	Like Pastor Mark always says, it's all about Jesus.
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0:29.0	ministry with a gift of any amount.
0:31.8	Thank you.
0:33.8	We continue in Luke's Gospel investigating the man who has got, if you've got a Bible,
0:38.2	go to Luke 1 verses 57 through 80 is the large section of Scripture we're examining today
0:45.4	as we enjoy the birth of John the Baptist.
0:48.4	I'll pray, we'll get to work, Father.
0:50.8	As we examine the life of John, we pray that you would send the Holy Spirit to empower
0:56.4	us to fill us as he empowered and filled John.
1:02.7	As we open the Scriptures, God, we confess that they were written by the power of the Holy
1:07.8	Spirit.
1:08.8	And so again, we ask the Holy Spirit to teach us their sin in our life as there is sin
1:14.4	in our life.
1:15.4	We invite the Holy Spirit to show us our sin and reveal to us Jesus our Savior.
1:21.3	God, I pray that our time would be Spirit-filled, that it would be pleasing to you, that it
1:26.3	would be profitable us in the name of Jesus.
1:29.5	Amen.
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