Luke 1:76-79 - Better than John

John the Baptist came in a miraculous way – he was born to a woman who was said to be barren. He grew up and became a great preacher. Crowds of people came to listen to John the Baptist. They even wondered: was this the promised Messiah? John made it clear to the people, he was not the Messiah. He was merely the forerunner to the Messiah – the forerunner who was promised in Isaiah. He would come to announce the coming of the Messiah. This Messiah would be greater than him. He wouldn’t just announce the way to salvation, but he would become the way to salvation.