The idea that John had to tell them I’m not the Messiah, means they couldn not recognize who the Messiah was and who he was not: "Just as untold thousands upon thousands of so-called “Christian leaders” today follow Warren’s Purpose-Driven Life as their authority for all-things-ministry, Israel’s religious leaders during the time of Christ did the same thing with their Rabbi-concocted Talmud (designated as “the literary reservoir of Rabbinic Judaism” and added to the Sacred Literature of Israel during the Hellenistic Age--250-200 BC--in Jewish history).
Barlow explains,
“The ‘religion’ of our Lord Jesus Christ was that of Judaism, a faith whose ONLY foundation was the Word of God, which was called the Torah. In contrast to that, the religious leaders of our Lord’s day belonged to another (though it adamantly claimed to be the same) religion that was based on the Talmud, which was man’s addition to the Word of God. I am perfectly aware that these words will cause an uproar. It will not be as seemingly caustic as the reaction that will come with the exact same charge will be laid at the feet of Christendom. I reiterate, Christianity is a faith in the Word of God only—Christendom is a totally different ‘religion’ than that and it rests upon the tenants of paganism, philosophy and augmentations to the Bible.”
(Lisa Leland)
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