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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


the voice of one calling in the desert...


Whenever a verse is plucked up from Scripture and used, it is always important to go back and look at the context of the original source...in this case Isaiah 40:3...


Let's read together verses 2-5.


Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the Lord's hand double for all her sins.


A voice of one calling: 'In the desert prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God. 


Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. 


And the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all mankind together will see it. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.


Wow. This has Jesus written all over it.