Q&A on John the Baptist sending his disciples to ask if Jesus is Messiah

I just submitted an answer regarding John the Baptist’s motivation for sending his disciples to ask Jesus if He was the Messiah and thought I would post it for your feedback and thoughts.

Question 372043: Why did John the Bapstist asked his disciples to asked Jesus was he the one or should we wait for another? Was this doubt and why? God Bless

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Tim White Very good answer. It is also interesting to note the John was not part of the Church, so he was an Old Testament believer. None of the OT saints and prophets were revealed the mystery that was hidden until we were shown (Ephesians 1:7-10). Being in prison, persecuted, and having false expectations about how it will all go down would cause any of us to question.

December 11 at 8:17am · Like · 3
Patrick Thompson great application!

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Gwen Sellers Great response, Ed! Thanks for sharing it!

December 11 at 3:39pm · Like · 3
Corpuz Valdemor Avellaneda Ramil I beleive the questioner will say Amen!

December 11 at 3:44pm · Like · 2
Ed Chait Thanks guys! I was totally blessed by researching and answering this question. Jed recently posted about how blessed and challenged he is by serving in this ministry, and I could not agree more.

Thank you for pointing out that John the Baptist was an OT believer, Tim. I continue to be fascinated by the relationship between John and Jesus. I found the following article this morning.

https://bible.org/…/jesus-john-baptist-and-jews-matthew…

22. Jesus, John the Baptist, and the Jews (Matthew 11:1-30)

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December 12 at 2:49pm · Unlike · 1
Jonathan Anders To give a short answer it just shows the humanity of John. It’s a blessing to me however to see that Jesus still thought highly of him. (Matt. 11:7-11)

December 13 at 2:26pm · Like · 2
Ed Chait Amen Jonathan.

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Dwight Payne Great answer.

December 13 at 8:08pm · Like · 1
Ed Chait In continuing to reflect on this question, I realized that no matter how much we believe, sometimes we just need to hear again from our Lord that He is the Word, that He is the One, and that He still loves us even though we can doubt due to our humanity..

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Timothy Craig Munger Good answer!