“Are you the Messiah we’ve been expecting, or should we keep looking for someone else?”
Matthew 11:3 (NLT)
In those days John the Baptist came to the Judean wilderness and began preaching. His message was, “Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.” The prophet Isaiah was speaking about John when he said, “He is a voice shouting in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord’s coming!
Clear the road for him!’” John’s clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey. People from Jerusalem and from all of Judea and all over the Jordan Valley went out to see and hear John. And when they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River. But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to watch him baptize, he denounced them. “You brood of snakes!” he exclaimed. Matthew 3:1-7 (NLT)
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! He is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘A man is coming after me who is far greater than I am, for he existed long before me.’” John 1:29-30 (NLT)
When Jesus had finished giving these instructions to his twelve disciples, he went out to teach and preach in towns throughout the region. John the Baptist, who was in prison, heard about all the things the Messiah was doing. So he sent his disciples to ask Jesus, “Are you the Messiah we’ve been expecting, or should we keep looking for someone else?” Matthew 11:1-3 (NLT)
Jesus told them, “Go back to John and tell him what you have heard and seen— the blind see, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is being preached to the poor.” And he added, “God blesses those who do not fall away because of me.” Matthew 11:4-6 (NLT)
“And when he comes, he will open the eyes of the blind and unplug the ears of the deaf. The lame will leap like a deer, and those who cannot speak will sing for joy!”
Isaiah 35:5-6 (NLT)
“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor."
Isaiah 61:1a (NLT)
“Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”
Matthew 11:6 (NLT)
“He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed.” Isaiah 61:1b (NLT)
"I tell you the truth, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John the Baptist.” Matthew 11:11 (NLT)
DOUBT IS PART OF THE JOURNEY
BUT IT’S NEVER THE DESTINATION
DOUBT CAME NOT FROM WHAT JESUS WAS DOING BUT FROM WHAT JESUS WASN’T DOING
