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What are spiritual doldrumns? |
when the sails of our spirits go limp while the rest of our life is proceeding full speed ahead |
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What are the names of the sects of Jewish religious leadership? |
Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essences |
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What was the strictest group of Jewish religious leadership? |
the Pharisees as they adhered to the Mosaic Law and felt they were spiritually superior |
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What is the approximate date when the story opens in John 1? |
late fall of A.D. 28 shortly after the baptism of Christ |
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Where was John baptizing believers? |
Bethabara across from the Jordan River |
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Had the baptism of Jesus already taken place when John interacts with the religious leaders? |
yes |
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How did the priests and the Levites function in the story in John? |
they had become cold-hearted and self-righteous. They made decisions according to tradition and not with a heart for God |
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Who did the religious leaders ask John who he was? |
If he was the Christ, if he was Elijah or if he was a prophet |
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How did John respond when the leaders ask who he was? |
no - I am not the Christ, I am not Elijah, not a prophet |
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Who did John say he was? |
"I am the voice" |
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How were the Pharisees spiritually ignorant? |
Though Isaiah had prophesied about him, they still did not know who he was |
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How were the Pharisees spiritually prideful? |
they believed that John had no right to tell the people to repent because he was not one of them |
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How were the Pharisees spiritually confused? |
they had an inability to understand the scriptures |
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What is the difference between the voice and the word |
John the Baptist was the voice and Christ was the word |
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What is an example of the difference between the voice and the word? |
the word exists in the mind before the voice utters it and the word remains long after the voice is silent |
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How did John see himself compared to Jesus? |
much less - Jesus was so great that he was not even worthy to unloose HIS sandals |
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Who did John put the attention on? |
on Christ - NOT on himself |
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What did John say he was unworthy to do? |
to unloose or untie Christ's sandals |
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What happened that caused John to know that Jesus was the Messiah? |
because God had instructed him that after he had baptized the right one, he would see the spirit descend on HIM |
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Who did Jesus come to earth to be, as opposed to what the religious leaders were looking for? |
He came to be the lamb - the ultimate sacrifice while the religious leaders were looking for a king |
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