December 16, 2025
Are You the One? - Part 2
Matthew 11:4-6
12/16/2025
4 And Jesus answered them, ``Go and tell John what
you hear and see:
5 the blind receive their sight and the lame walk,
lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the
dead are raised up, and the poor have good news
preached to them.
6 And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.
(ESV)
John the Baptizer sent his disciples to ask Jesus, ``Are you
the one who is to come or shall we look for another?''
And Jesus answered them, ``Go and tell John what you
hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the
lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and
the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news
preached to them. And blessed is the one who is not
offended by me.
Jesus pointed the disciples to the prophecies of the Old
Testament, to the writing of Isaiah.[1] The objective proof that
Jesus is the long-promised Redeemer is found in the inspired,
inerrant Word of God. Jesus fulfilled the prophecies of His
first coming, even as He fulfilled His work of redemption by
dying and rising again for our salvation.
John the Baptizer told those who came to be baptized,
``Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.''[2] His message
of repentance, his call to prepare for the coming of the Savior,
resounds to this day. Because of the death and resurrection of
Jesus, your sins are forgiven. This Christ, to whom Isaiah
pointed, died and rose to pay the price of our transgressions.
He is the one who is to come for our redemption.
May our Lord grant that we hear the voice of John for our
eternal blessing. Amen.