before me, because He is my Chief.] For out of His fullness (abundance) we have all received [all had a share and we were all supplied with] one grace after another and spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing and even favor upon favor and gift [heaped] upon gift.” Here we see that John the Baptist`s ministry was to prepare men for the coming Messiah and to testify or openly declare to them Who the Messiah spoken of by him Is. We see that this John faithfully did, as we see that he sought not his own glory but that of the Father by him faithfully serving his purpose. We see that on the coming of Jesus Christ, for the whole of His life He involved in teaching people about the 55
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