PASTOR'S FOCUS: The Joy of Playing Second Fiddle
His popularity was at its peak. Everyone had begun to wonder if he might not be the great deliverer they had long awaited. After all, the whole nation was undergoing a spiritual revival, the first in hundreds of years, as a result of his leadership.
Then the Nazarene showed up. John called Him the, "Lamb if God, who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29,36) John said he saw the Holy Spirit descend on Him in a form like a dove and heard a voice from Heaven declare, "This is my Son, whom I love; with Him I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:16-17). Continue...