SERMON/HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY (THE MOST HOLY NAME OF JESUS) 3RD JANUARY 2024
SERMON/HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY (THE MOST HOLY NAME OF JESUS) 3RD JANUARY 2024 1John 2:29-3:6; Ps.98; John 1:29-34 We are Children of God Yesterday, John humbly admitted that he is not the Christ. When the Christ comes, He will do mightier works than himself. John did not just describe the person and mission of Christ, he further showed Him to the world. The context in which John did this is quite striking. Jesus was approaching John, precisely to be baptized by him. This gesture will ordinarily suggest the subordination of the candidate for baptism to the minister. Anyone would have taught that if Jesus is truly greater than John the Baptist, he should not be going to John for baptism; the reverse should rather be the case. John’s exclamation “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world” immediately sent the signal that Jesus’ presence before him for baptism was unlike that of others. Jesus later confirmed this signal when He insisted that John should baptize Him just to f...