1. Who are you? (19-23)

John's popularity was growing. Many people came to hear him and repent of their sins and be baptized. But the priests and Levites who came were not seeking to make personal commitments to truth. They came as an investigating committee just to get information to take back to the Jewish establishment. John's answers to them became increasingly short. He had not come to talk about himself. He gave them one verse of scripture (Isa 40:3). He was a man with a mission from God. His mission was his life.

2. Among you stands one you do not know (24-28)

They asked him why he was baptizing. (He answered the next day.) He talked about the one whom they did not know, the one who was his Lord and King--Jesus. He is the one whom they must seek to know. He is the one whom all men must seek to know, for he alone is worthy of our worship.

Application: Lord, help me to find my mission from you in your word. Please use me in some small way to make Jesus known to a world that does not know him.
One Word: Know Jesus and make him known