Sunday Sermon

After preaching to and baptizing literally thousands of people from all around he is now bound up and seemingly helpless, while in the mean time the one that came after him is rising to stardome, as folks are flocking around him just to hear him speak or perhaps see him perform a miracle. John knew his role, and even confessed it in times past, now he sits looking at the fact that after all he did to prepare the way for the Messiah, he ends up waiting for his execution. At this time he sends his disciples to go ask Jesus “Are you the one who should come, are you really the messiah, are you really the one sent from God, or should we be looking for someone else?” Think about it: this same John pointed Jesus out of a crowd of folks by the Jordan River, saying ‘behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world’, and now he is questioning if Jesus is really who he claimed to be. Was he doubting or was there another reason for the question. Father Todd gives a great perspective and insight on John the Bap