The Gospel of John, Day 8: ch. 1, vv. 29-31

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”

John repeats what he said before.  Jesus was before and after John so he has surpassed John.  Jesus is the lamb of God, so he can take away the sins o the whole world.  The whole reason why John was baptizing was so that Jesus might be revealed, might be magnified to Israel.

All John does is talk about Jesus. He baptizes and preaches to talk about Jesus and how he has surpassed and is greater than John. He even baptizes just to get people's attention so that he can talk about Jesus. One of the first Jesus freaks. And an example of what our life's purpose should be.