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Now this was John's testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, 'I am not the Christ.'

They asked him, "Then who are you? Are you Elijah?"

He said, "I am not."

"Are you the Prophet?"

He answered, "No."

Finally, they said, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, "I am the voice of one calling in the desert, 'Make straight the way for the Lord.'"

John 1:19-23


I find it interesting that of all the things John the Baptist was confident in - he was confident in what he was not. Have you ever spent any time thinking about what you know you are not? I haven't. But it's a powerful question.


Who am I not?


I am not able to save myself.
I am not the end all be all do all master of my own universe. 
I am not a slave to sin.