LESSON 73
John Preach Da the Messiah Coming
When Zechariah and Elizabeth son John get big, da the time he wor prophet. Jehovah use John to teach the people da the Messiah wor coming. But instead of John teaching in the synagogues or in the towns, he use to preach in the wilderness. People use to come from Jerusalem and all over Judea to learn from him. He teach them da to make God happy, they mon stop doing bad things. After listening to John, plenty people repent and John baptize them in the Jordan River.
John live simple life. He use to wear clothes da they made from camel hair, and eat grasshopper and honey. The people really wanted to know about John. Even the proud Pharisees and Sadducees go there to see him. John tell them say: ‘Yor need to change yor ways and repent. Yor mon not think da yor special just because yor say yor Abraham children. It not mean da yor God children.’
Plenty people ask John: ‘Wetin we mon do to make God happy?’ John tell them say: ‘If you get two coats, give one to somebody who need it.’ You know why John say da one? He wanted his disciple dem to know da to make God happy they mon love people.
John tell the tax collector dem say: ‘Yor mon be honest and yor mon not cheat anybody.’ He tell the soldier dem say: ‘Yor mon not take bribe or lie.’
The priest and the Levite dem also ask John: ‘You who? Everybody wanted to know.’ So John say: ‘I the voice in the wilderness, da making people to know Jehovah, just how Isaiah say it.’
People use to love the things John wor teaching. So plenty people started thinking whether John wor the Messiah. But he tell them say: ‘The person who coming after me great pass me. I not even fit to take out his scandals from on his foot. I can baptize people with water, but he will baptize yor with holy spirit.’
“This man came to tell people about the light, so da everybody can believe because of what he say.”—John 1:7