#218 Today’s Living Word comes from Mark 1:7 “And he preached, saying, "There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.”
That John was mighty in word cannot be disputed. He thundered the Law, and the Law penetrated the hearts of many who heard it and convicted them of their sin, and their need for forgiveness and cleansing. That's what we all need to hear in order to experience true repentance.
But there was One coming after John that was far superior, namely Jesus Christ and His Gospel. He was so superior to John and the Law, that John was not even worthy to do the common work of a slave, who would have to stoop down and untie their master’s shoe laces.
John represents the Law here and the One coming after him (Jesus) represents the Gospel. The Law is mighty and powerful, and necessary, but the Gospel is far superior because the Gospel saves, the Law cannot. The Law serves the purposes of its master, the Gospel. The Law makes the preparations for the Gospel as a slave makes preparations for his master.
Do you want to taste the fullness and sweetness of the Gospel? The fullness and the sweetness of the Master? Then stop and consider your own sinful state and allow the Law to do it’s preparation in your heart.
I’m Duane Matz and that’s today’s Living Word.
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