Oh, let the Son of God enfold you with His spirit and his love.

Let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you,

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the Word for today, Pastor Chuck continues with John questions Jesus as we pick up in Luke chapter 7 verse 20.

And now with today's message, here's Pastor Chuck.

In John's gospel, he tells us that when John saw the Spirit of God descending upon Jesus,

that he knew that he was the Messiah for the Lord told him

that upon whomever you see the spirit descend, he is the one. And so John, in referring to

Jesus, said to his own disciples, behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world.

And he pointed men to Jesus Christ. Now John has been in the dungeon for the world. And he pointed men to Jesus Christ.

Now John has been in the dungeon for a while.

Herod's prisoner, he does not like confined quarters,

for he is a man of the outdoors.

He grew up in the wilderness.

He was a man of the woods, so to speak.

And this confinement, no doubt, was very irritating to him.

And I would imagine that John, like the other disciples of Jesus,

was anticipating the immediate establishing of the kingdom of God.

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