Lessons, January 19

Isa 49:6 It is not enough for one who is my servant to put the tribes
of Jacob again in their place, and to get back those of Israel who have
been sent away: my purpose is to give you as a light to the nations, so
that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.

So much of the OT talks about the elite position Irael holds as the
apple of God's eye and the special attention God pays to his people.
Here God's People are admonished to share their God with all peoples.

The Psalmist expands upon the wonders God has wrought in our lives and
the duty we have to share that good news.

The Epistle makes clear that that Good News is Christ.

In John one after the poetic telling of the Word Made Flesh John the
Baptist declares that his teaching and baptism prepares the way for He
who will baptize with the Holy Spirit and though John does not actually
describe the baptism of Christ as such we hear John the Baptist declare
that Jesus is he of whom he has spoken, that he has seen the Holy Spirit
descend on him as a dove, that there is the Lamb of God. John's
disciples move to follow Jesus.

By implication we should be studying our own lives and preparing the way
for the lord.