Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—John 1:19-27
by: Leota Stevens.
John was an intriguing character. He obviously didn’t dress to impress, his hair wasn’t coiffed by a stylist, and he never made the cover of Time as “Man of the Year.” Yet, here he was, baptizing multitudes of people who had walked over twenty miles from Jerusalem just to hear his message. They may have come because he was a curiosity of sorts, but they were baptized because they heard and believed what this wild man had to say. John’s unkempt exterior was no indicator of the treasure within his soul. God looks at the heart, not the fashion statement.