Are Ye Able Said The Master by Burl Ives

The gospel is not for a culture or class of people. It is a gospel for all and it comes to us today as a fulfillment of God’s original call and promise to Abraham.

I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”- Genesis 12:3  ESV 

John the Baptist had disciples.  However he understood that his own work was, in part, a preparation for the coming of Jesus’ ministry. He saw Jesus as someone much greater than himself.

John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. – Luke 3:16  ESV

So as soon as Jesus arrives on the scene, John points his own disciples to Him. In many ways, John portrays himself as the one who attends the needs of the bridegroom at a wedding and is so pleased to see attention given to that bridegroom.