{"id":1683,"date":"2014-09-02T06:56:23","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T12:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?p=1683"},"modified":"2014-09-04T06:28:21","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T12:28:21","slug":"jesus-acclaims-john-the-baptist-come-unto-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?p=1683","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Acclaims John the Baptist \/ Come Unto Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #373737;\"><span style=\"color: #373737;\">In Charles Dickens\u2019 A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge vowed \u201cI will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.\u201d I am going to keep Christmas all the year by remembering my Savior and studying His life each week. Scrooge isn\u2019t the only one who can\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #1982d1;\" title=\"Vision Climb\" href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?page_id=55\" target=\"_blank\">make a change for the better<\/a><span style=\"color: #373737;\">. I can and you can. Elder Richard G. Scott promised, \u201cThe best way to make a permanent change for good is to make Jesus Christ your model and His teachings your guide for life\u201d (<\/span><a style=\"color: #1982d1;\" title=\"A Personal Study Plan\" href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?page_id=238\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cHe Lives! All Glory to His Name!\u201d<\/a><span style=\"color: #373737;\">). Please join me and invite your family and friends to join us in keeping Christmas all the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S4uK6kUfoyQ?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal; color: #2f393a;\"><em>And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to\u00a0preach\u00a0in their cities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #2f393a;\">Now when\u00a0John\u00a0had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his\u00a0disciples, And said unto him,\u00a0Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal; color: #2f393a;\"><em>Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those\u00a0things\u00a0which ye do hear and see: The\u00a0blind\u00a0receive their\u00a0sight, and the lame walk, the\u00a0lepers\u00a0are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the\u00a0poor have the gospel preached to them.<span class=\"verse\">\u00a0<\/span>And blessed is\u00a0<span class=\"clarityWord\">he,<\/span>\u00a0whosoever shall not be\u00a0offended\u00a0in me.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal; color: #2f393a;\"><em>And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?<span class=\"verse\">\u00a0<\/span>But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft\u00a0<span class=\"clarityWord\">clothing<\/span>\u00a0are in\u00a0kings\u2019 houses. But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a\u00a0prophet.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal; color: #2f393a;\"><em>For this is\u00a0<span class=\"clarityWord\">he,<\/span>\u00a0of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger\u00a0before thy face, which shall\u00a0prepare\u00a0thy way before thee. Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than\u00a0John the Baptist: notwithstanding\u00a0he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal; color: #2f393a;\"><em>And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and\u00a0the\u00a0violent take it by force. For\u00a0all the\u00a0prophets\u00a0and the law\u00a0prophesied\u00a0until John. And if ye will receive\u00a0<span class=\"clarityWord\">it,<\/span>\u00a0this is\u00a0Elias, which was for to come. He that hath ears to\u00a0hear, let him hear.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal; color: #2f393a;\"><em>But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.<span class=\"verse\">\u00a0<\/span>For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and\u00a0a winebibber, a friend of\u00a0publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified\u00a0of her children.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal; color: #2f393a;\"><em>Then began he to upbraid the\u00a0cities\u00a0wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented\u00a0long ago in sackcloth and\u00a0ashes. But I say unto you, It shall be more\u00a0tolerable\u00a0for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal; color: #2f393a;\"><em>And thou, Capernaum, which art\u00a0exalted\u00a0unto heaven, shalt be brought down to\u00a0hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal; color: #2f393a;\"><em>At that time Jesus answered and said, I\u00a0thank\u00a0thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast\u00a0hid\u00a0these things from the wise and\u00a0prudent, and hast\u00a0revealed\u00a0them unto\u00a0babes. Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal; color: #2f393a;\"><em>All\u00a0things\u00a0are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither\u00a0knoweth\u00a0any man the Father, save the Son,\u00a0and\u00a0<span class=\"clarityWord\">he<\/span>\u00a0to whomsoever the Son will reveal <span class=\"clarityWord\">him.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal; color: #2f393a;\"><em>Come\u00a0unto me, all\u00a0<span class=\"clarityWord\">ye<\/span>\u00a0that\u00a0labour\u00a0and are heavy laden, and I will give you\u00a0rest. Take my\u00a0yoke\u00a0upon you, and\u00a0learn\u00a0of me; for I am\u00a0meek\u00a0and lowly\u00a0in\u00a0heart: and ye shall find\u00a0rest\u00a0unto your souls. For my yoke\u00a0<span class=\"clarityWord\">is<\/span>\u00a0easy, and my burden is light.\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lds.org\/scriptures\/nt\/matt\/11.1-30?lang=eng#primary\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew 11:1-30<\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Points to Ponder:<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Is Jesus Christ He who should come or do you look for another?<\/li>\n<li>What are you going out in the wilderness to see? Why?<\/li>\n<li>Where do you\u00a0look for Christ and find Him?<\/li>\n<li>How can you come closer to Christ?<\/li>\n<li>How has coming unto Jesus Christ lightened your burdens and given you rest?<\/li>\n<li>How has taking upon you the yoke of Christ, the yoke of obedience and service, blessed your life?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p>Click\u00a0<a title=\"New Testament\" href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?page_id=673\">here<\/a>\u00a0for additional New Testament posts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Charles Dickens\u2019 A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge vowed \u201cI will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.\u201d I am going to keep Christmas all the year by remembering my Savior and studying His &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/?p=1683\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,30,11,16,25,19,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-belief","category-covenant","category-jesus-christ","category-mission","category-new-testament","category-obedience","category-peace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1683"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1691,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1683\/revisions\/1691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountaintopmentoring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}