Go Back and Tell John
Scripture: Luke 7:22Devotional Series: The Holy Ghost and Power
Teaching: The Holy Ghost and Power pt. 3 (SUN_AM 2024-10-20) by Pastor Star R Scott
Isn’t it interesting how many people are so fearful with this election coming up? “Could this be doomsday? What’s taking place?” The Lord raises up these authorities, and He brings them down; amen? That’s the one good thing about true Christians. It was almost laughable back when Trump got elected that they were having to bring in psychological help for students on the campuses. Businesses were bringing in psychologists to help their people with this great tragedy that Trump had been elected president. How could you possibly cope? Well, it’s the way our system is set up. He lasted four years, and he was gone. So why get all worked up? If this election doesn’t go the way we want, what do we do? We say, “Praise God.” Amen? “The will of the Lord be done.” Perfect peace. This isn’t our home. Amen?
I don’t want to get off too far on this, but we’ve got these Christian nationalists who will tell you it’s a sin if you don’t vote. What they’re saying is, “It’s a sin if you don’t vote for the guy that I’m telling you to vote for.” Voting is an individual privilege. You can vote for whomever you want for to vote for. Is there a lesser of two evils? I think there is a lesser of two evils. I can’t tell you legally, as someone who has the 501(c)(3) religious recognition of the IRS, that we can’t get involved in politics—and yet, look how many pastors are. So, I can’t tell you who to vote for. But the trumpet is going to sound, and the dead in Christ are going to be raised, hallelujah! And this passage says we’ll be saved, hallelujah, in this last day.
And “the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped” (Isaiah 35:5). Now, you remember—stop and pause here for just a moment. John the Baptist, the great prophet born of woman, never did any signs or wonders. You don’t see any miracles done by him. John had a great advantage, but also it can be, sometimes, difficult when your cousin tells you He’s God. You remember, Jesus was John’s cousin. Now, John’s in prison—we know, ultimately, having his head cut off. But in the times of doubt—now remember, he was preaching, “Behold the Lamb of God, which takes away the sins of the world” (John 1:29). Amen? We can be preaching one thing, and when really severe adversity comes, we sometimes doubt or become fearful. If that ever happens to you, the greatest man born of a woman did it. So you’re in good company. “Go ask Him,” he told His associates, “‘Are You the Messiah?’” And Jesus said, “You go back and tell John”—look, it all comes from the Word, doesn’t it? At all times.
“You go back and tell John: the eyes of the blind are opened, the ears of the deaf are unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break forth, and streams in the desert. (verse 8) And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness…. (verse 9) And there shall be no lion there, no devil… And the redeemed shall walk there: And the ransomed, or the redeemed, of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: and they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away” (Isaiah 35:5‑6, 8‑10). There are other passages, but Jesus was just referring John back to what the prophets had declared; to the anointing that was upon Him. Sometimes we have to go back and remind ourselves of things that we’ve taught or things that we’ve prophesied, whatever it might be. And we begin to look and wonder what’s taking place. It didn’t come from you; it came from God. So, just rest in it. “Just go tell John,” the Scripture says.
I don’t want to get off too far on this, but we’ve got these Christian nationalists who will tell you it’s a sin if you don’t vote. What they’re saying is, “It’s a sin if you don’t vote for the guy that I’m telling you to vote for.” Voting is an individual privilege. You can vote for whomever you want for to vote for. Is there a lesser of two evils? I think there is a lesser of two evils. I can’t tell you legally, as someone who has the 501(c)(3) religious recognition of the IRS, that we can’t get involved in politics—and yet, look how many pastors are. So, I can’t tell you who to vote for. But the trumpet is going to sound, and the dead in Christ are going to be raised, hallelujah! And this passage says we’ll be saved, hallelujah, in this last day.
And “the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped” (Isaiah 35:5). Now, you remember—stop and pause here for just a moment. John the Baptist, the great prophet born of woman, never did any signs or wonders. You don’t see any miracles done by him. John had a great advantage, but also it can be, sometimes, difficult when your cousin tells you He’s God. You remember, Jesus was John’s cousin. Now, John’s in prison—we know, ultimately, having his head cut off. But in the times of doubt—now remember, he was preaching, “Behold the Lamb of God, which takes away the sins of the world” (John 1:29). Amen? We can be preaching one thing, and when really severe adversity comes, we sometimes doubt or become fearful. If that ever happens to you, the greatest man born of a woman did it. So you’re in good company. “Go ask Him,” he told His associates, “‘Are You the Messiah?’” And Jesus said, “You go back and tell John”—look, it all comes from the Word, doesn’t it? At all times.
“You go back and tell John: the eyes of the blind are opened, the ears of the deaf are unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break forth, and streams in the desert. (verse 8) And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness…. (verse 9) And there shall be no lion there, no devil… And the redeemed shall walk there: And the ransomed, or the redeemed, of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: and they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away” (Isaiah 35:5‑6, 8‑10). There are other passages, but Jesus was just referring John back to what the prophets had declared; to the anointing that was upon Him. Sometimes we have to go back and remind ourselves of things that we’ve taught or things that we’ve prophesied, whatever it might be. And we begin to look and wonder what’s taking place. It didn’t come from you; it came from God. So, just rest in it. “Just go tell John,” the Scripture says.