Have you ever been aware of churches that seem to be in competition with each other? I’m not talking about the church softball league. Instead, I’ve known church leadership who look at the booming and growing church across town and start questioning their own ministry. Why do we compare ourselves to others? It seems the same kind of thing was happening back in Jesus’ day.
Rather than grumble and bemoan a similar situation, we can look to how John the Baptist responded to his people. John wasn’t worried. John knew both ministries were on the same team. In their case, however, the “competition” was the King of Kings, the Messiah himself. Still, there was no rivalry because both ministries were preaching the same message of repentance and new life. Continue reading “John 3:22-36 – No Competition”
