18 September, 2011 Tout 7, 1728 ١٨ ر ٢٠١١ ٧ ت ١٧٢٨
John the Baptist The Great between Saints و ا دان The Lord Jesus Himself affirmed the greatness of John the Baptist when He said: “ But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I ا ظم ا دن say to you, and more than a prophet. This is h e of whom it is ,written. Behold, I send My messenger before Your face أ د ا د ا ظ و ل :" ل ذا رم ظروا . أ ً . . Who will prepare Your way before You For I say to you, among those born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the م أ ول م وأ ل ن . ھذا ھو ا ذي ب " ! ھ أ أ رل أ م و&ك
Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than ( ا ذي &) طرك داك . * أ ول م إ ! ن ا و ودن ن ا ء he ” (Luke 7: 25, 28) س أ "ظم ن و ا دان . و ن ا* 12ر 0وت . أ "ظم !" . . John the Baptist is the son of prayer “ your prayer is heard ”. و إ ن ة " ط0ك د ت". He is the son of promise “ your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son ”.
He was named John by the angel in front of the altar “ and you shall وھو إ ن ود " إو رأك أ 2 ت 0د ك إ ً". call his name John ”.
,He will be a reason of joy “And you will have joy and gladness و د و ن اك أ م اذ " و! و ". and many will rejoice at his birth ”. إو ون ب رح " وون ك رح وإ & ج و6رون 5رون و4د!". He will be great in the eyes of the Lord and finally he will receive the Holy Spirit in his mother’s womb. All these things show us the .greatness of John the Baptist إو ون ظ ً أ م ارب وأ ' را ً ,+ ء ن اروح ادس وھو طن
John the Baptist witnessed to the Lord Jesus when he said “And John أ . ل ھذا ٌ ر ظ و ا-دان . bore witness, saying, “ I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him. I did not know Him, but و0/د و ن ا د ا 1 "إ د رأت ا روح ز4 ً 6ل 9 ن He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He ا ء ر "0! . أو م أ ن أ "ر! . ن ا ذي أ ر0 * "د ء ذاك who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ And I have seen and testified ل ا ذي رى ا روح ز4 ً ورا ً "0! &ذا ھو ا ذي د روح that this is the Son of God Again, the next day, John stood with ,two of his disciples. And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said ا دس . أو د رأت و;&دت أ ن ھذا ھو إ ن . . و ا 1د أ ً ن و (Behold the Lamb of God ”. (John 1: 32, 35“ وا5 ً ھو وإ 6 ن ن (ذه . ظر إ و ع ; ً ل ھوذا ل ..
The preaching period of John the Baptist was short, it was about six months but it was the strongest witness and he completed his job in a ت رازة و ا-دان رة د,/ وا , ا0/ر أي أ ل ن short time. وا دة / ت أ وى 0/دة ود أ ,م + ل دة رة.
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