John 1:15

15 (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”)

John the author wants us to understand that John the Baptist understood the true identity of Jesus; though Jesus was born after him, John understood that He came “before” him, both in the sense of rank and in the sense of existence. The Son of God has always existed, along with the Father and the Spirit.

QUESTION FOR THE DAY

In your next interaction today, how can you be more like John the Baptist and point people toward Jesus?