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Why He Had to Be Different . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Chapter 10—The Voice in the Wilderness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Zacharias Doubted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
John’s Unusual Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Isaiah’s Portrayals Studied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
On the Edge of Revolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
John’s Sharp Rebuke to Hypocrites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Chapter 11—The Baptism of Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Sinless Christ Baptized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Endorsed by Heaven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Chapter 12—The Wilderness Temptation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Satan Determined to Prevail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
He Took All Humanity’s Liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
The Temptation to Doubt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Intemperance Corrupts Morals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Chapter 13—The Victory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Venturing on Satan’s Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Christ Could Not Be Bought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Satan Remains a Defeated Foe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Chapter 14—We Have Found the Messiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Many Today Fail to “See” Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Christ’s Appearance Was Undistinguished . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
John Directs His Followers to Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Nathanael’s Secret Prayers Are Heard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
The Strongest Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Chapter 15—Jesus Attends a Wedding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Mary’s Faith Is Rewarded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Christ Broke Down Class Barriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Chapter 16—Christ Confronts Corruption in the Temple . . . . . . 87
Financial Corruption at the Heart of God’s Work . . . . . . . . . . 88
The Temple Cleansed by the Presence of the Lord . . . . . . . . . 89
A Preview of the Final Judgment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
The Beginning of the Final Rejection of Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Chapter 17—Nicodemus Comes to Jesus at Night . . . . . . . . . . . 95
The Mystery of the New Birth Explained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Nicodemus Begins to See the Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Chapter 18—“He Must Increase, But I Must Decrease” . . . . . . 102
Christ’s Example of Avoiding Misunderstanding . . . . . . . . . 104