John 1:19-28
John baptist ruffled the feathers of both the religious of the day and of the worldly society too. Multitudes came out into the wilderness to hear him and to be baptised into the baptism of repentance. He was clear that he was not the Christ and that He who was to follow was far greater than him. He called the religious hypocrites a 'brood of vipers' and challenged the King about his adulterous relationship with his brothers wife. Calling out religious pretenders and speaking out against the wrongs of society made him a marked man and eventually cost him his head. But his action grabbed attention and caused them to ask, "Who are you?" Are we the Church like John today, or are we afraid that if we stand for Christ, we too may lose our heads?
