"WHOM YE KNOW NOT!"

John 1:23-27                   (KJV)
"23 He (John) said, I am the voice of "one crying in the wilderness", Make straight the way of the LORD, as said the prophet Esaias.
24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that CHRIST, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth ONE among you, "WHOM YE KNOW NOT";
27 HE (JESUS) it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose."



Have you ever been looking for something and frustration sets in because you can't find it?  And maybe you find something and it just is not quite what you were looking for and it doesn't "quench the thirst"!  Like when you go to the kitchen to get something to eat and you can't find anything to satisfy the particular hunger you have!

"John the Baptizer" must have been a very intriguing man.  "The Jews" according to scripture, sent "priests and Levites" to see if "John the Baptizer" was the CHRIST, the Promised ONE (John 1:19-22).  "The Jews" obviously does not include ALL Jews, rather those who considered themselves to have achieved because of their social status.  "The Jews" were looking for a Messiah to end the oppressive earthly rulers they experienced.  In looking for a person they thought they wanted, they couldn't see GOD IN THE FLESH when HE was right before their eyes!

So many times we have a pre-conceived idea of how we think GOD is going to act or respond to a situation.  Then when GOD reveals HIMSELF in some other fashion, we might totally miss HIM.  We pray and pray for an answer when all along we can't see the answer because we are focused on our problems.

Most prosperity preachers do not quote Job 14:1 which says "Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and FULL OF TROUBLE."  The Jews of JESUS' time were under rule of the Roman Empire.  GOD used one of the most oppressive rules of mankind to preface HIMSELF coming to bring freedom for all who believed in HIM!  Like we sometimes do, the Jews were so caught up with their problems, that when JESUS was in their midst they couldn't even recognize HIM.  Their Saviour was right in front of their eyes but they couldn't see the ONE "WHOM YE KNOW NOT"!