John the Baptist must have been quite a sight. Even in the time of Christ, I don't think very many people lived in the desert, ate locusts and honey, and still managed to get respect. Obviously, there was something special about this man: the Gospel of Christ.
Right from the start, he made the division clear. On the one hand were those that believed in the Law and Abraham. On the other hand are those that repent and enter into a true relationship with God. John told the Pharisees and Sadducees that it would do them no good to claim that they were children of Abraham. In other words, God doesn't care about the superficial names we put on people. He cares about the people.
To put that in today's terms, he might have said that it would do them no good to say that they are faithful church attendees. That's just a superficial outward appearance. God is going to cast it aside and see you for the real person inside, and if that person doesn't have a relationship with Him, there's going to be trouble.
Are you standing on being a good person? Being from a good, Christian home? Attending church regularly? Or do you stand on your relationship with the risen Savior?
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