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DAILY MANNA FROM RUSSELL AND HELEN

RUSSELL SANDERS

4-27-2022

JOHN THE BAPTIST – LESSON 3

HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY – PART 1

John’s years of growing and maturing in the wilderness in solitude were coming to an end as he attained the age of thirty. That was the established age at which a Jewish man, especially one of the priestly lineages, was to step into his authority to minister. It was time to take his desert ministry public.

He began earnestly preaching against sin and hypocrisy and repeatedly called all people to repentance. His center of activity was the lower part of the Jordan River just above its mouth into the Dead Sea. This was approximately the same location where Joshua led Israel across the Jordan into Canaan. It was east of Jerusalem and southeast of the former site of Jericho and quite far to the south of Jesus’ home in Galilee (Nazareth).

John’s fame quickly spread. Some even thought he may have been Messiah, or the reincarnation of Elijah. He denied both, desiring no credit to himself. People came from all the regions around and about. His impact was widespread as even men from other countries visiting Jerusalem came out to hear him and became some of John’s many disciples. This we know because Paul encountered disciples of John in his journeys in Asia. They had not known of Jesus until Paul taught them and re-baptized them, this time in Jesus’ name.

Many became devout disciples of John. Most of them appear to have remained loyal to him even after Jesus launched his ministry with an unconditional endorsement from John. 

Speaking of Jesus, we will see their encounter together tomorrow.



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HELEN SANDERS

4-27-2022

FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT

Familiarity breeds contempt has been a saying that has been around since early ancient Rome. We see that it is still true today. So just what does it mean?

It means that those that are closest to you know you so well that they can very easily lose respect for you. They know your past sins, your present failures and base their conclusion of who you have been upon this. They think they know you better than you know yourself.

When Jesus grew up most thought that he was a bastard because Mary was pregnant before she came together with Joseph. That reputation is hard to change. In John 8:41 Jesus told the Pharisees that the deeds they did were by their father the devil. After Jesus said this, they responded with, “…Then said they to him, we be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.”  This implied that they believed that Jesus was conceived out of wedlock. They had their “pharisaical attitude” that they were better than him because they weren’t conceived “in sin.”

Because of this familiarity attitude Jesus could not do what he would have longed to do in his own hometown, Nazareth. In Matthew 13:57-58 it says, “And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house. And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.” They only saw him as Mary’s illegitimate son, and James, Joses, Simon, and Judas’ brother. 

You can be sure that if you are called to do anything for God that there will be those that will not believe in you. It may be family, or it may be former classmates. It may be those in church that knew what you did before you got saved. It may even be a spouse. They think they know you, but they do not. God can take the least of the least like Gideon and make them something special for His kingdom. 

Do not let someone else’s familiarity and contempt of you hold you back. God knows who you are and when he calls you to do something it is not based on who you are. It is based on who he is, and who he is in you! Go in his power and blessing even when you do not receive it from anyone else. After all, it is God that calls us, not man.



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PROPHETIC WORDS AND EXHORTATIONS

TODAY'S POLL OR TRIVIA QUESTION

YESTERDAY'S QUESTION:

Do you believe our government should build a wall on the southern border to keep illegals out?

85.7% Answered with:

Yes

14.3% answered with:

I am uncertain at this time

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TODAY'S BIBLE CHALLENGE

YESTERDAY'S BIBLE CHALLENGE

Which one of Jesus' 12 disciples carried the money bag?

The correct answer is:

Judas

100% answered correctly with:

Judas

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YESTERDAY'S BIBLE QUIZ

Where was Abraham originally from?

The Correct answer is:

Ur of the Chaldees

66.7% answered correctly with:

Ur of the Chaldees

33.3% answered incorrectly with

Egypt



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TODAY'S BIBLE TRIVIA

YESTERDAY'S BIBLE TRIVIA

What city was Paul kept under house arrest in?

The correct answer is:

Rome

0% answered correctly with:

Rome

50% answered incorrectly with:

Corinth

50% answered incorrectly with:

Thessalonica

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