John the Baptist

This man born of Zachariah and Elizabeth who named him John as was told by Gabriel who stood in presence of God sent from heaven with a message of gold Then 30 years later John preached in the wilderness about the kingdom of God emphasising the need for people to repent as he prepared the way for the Lord Many people came to John in the Jordan to be baptised confessing their sins but seeing Jesus he pointed to God's lamb for his forgiveness came from the king Jesus summed up John's life well in John, no one born has been greater than this humble man sent to forthtell for he stood faithfully being no traitor