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We got the basics from Moses, and then this exuberant giving and receiving, This endless knowing and understanding - all this came through Jesus, the Messiah.
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No one has ever seen God, not so much as a glimpse. This one-of-a-kind God-Expression, who exists at the very heart of the Father, has made him plain as day. Thunder in the Desert
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When Jews from Jerusalem sent a group of priests and officials to ask John who he was, he was completely honest.
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He didn't evade the question. He told the plain truth: "I am not the Messiah."
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They pressed him, "Who, then? Elijah?" "I am not." "The Prophet?" "No."
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.