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Who am I? John's Wild Identity Crisis Revealed! #shorts

Name: Who am I? John's Wild Identity Crisis Revealed! #shorts
Uploaded: 2026-01-22T03:02:36+00:00
Duration: 30 s
Channel: Paul Woodley
Description: In this YouTube short, Paul Woodley delivers a concise devotional reading of the biblical testimony of John the Baptist. He recounts how priests and…

22 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, Paul Woodley delivers a concise devotional reading of the biblical testimony of John the Baptist. He recounts how priests and Levites sent from Jerusalem interrogated John, asking, “Who are you?” John denied being the Christ, Elijah, or the Prophet, and instead identified himself as “the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’” quoting Isaiah. Woodley references John 1:29 to connect this self‑identification with the New Testament portrayal of John as the forerunner of Christ, emphasizing the significance of John’s role as the preparatory voice rather than the Messiah himself.

This is the testimony of John. When the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, 'Who are you?' he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, 'I am not the Christ.' And they asked him, 'What then? Are you Elijah?' He said, 'I am not.' 'Are you the Prophet?' And he answered, 'No.' So they said to him, 'Who are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?' He said, 'I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, "Make straight the way of the Lord," as the prophet Isaiah said.'" We see, skipping over to 1:29,