The main role of john the baptist was to make the way ready for Jesus by baptizing the people, and also to baptize Jesus Christ.
The main role of John the Baptist was to clear the way and to baptize Jesus in the river Jordan. After that only Jesus started his ministry.
He prepared people for Christ's Coming, & he Baptized the Christ.
John the Baptist, is accorded a special status, higher than his role in Christianity. Mandaeans do not consider John to be the founder of their religion but revere him as one of their greatest teachers, tracing their beliefs back to Adam. Mandaeans believe that Jesus was a false messiah and that he perverted the teachings given to him by John. They view John the Baptist as a savior, but not as God, so they do not worship him in the way that Christians worship Jesus.
The angel Gabriel spoke to Elizabeth , Johns mother, you can say he brought the message.
I did not know there were Baptist Deaconess, I attend a Fundelmental Baptist Church and we do not have them , I have not seen in the Bible where it is scriptually mentioned to have them.
Sadly, their role is to misrepresent God and Jesus...sorry.
The Baptist role in society is to bring soles to Christ but preaching the word of God. Feeding both body and soul. They are often found feeding the poor, giving to the needy and counseling those who have gone astray from society and the word of God. " Peter! if you love me, feed my sheep "
To live a life as commanded by God and to spread his message to others.Answer: . . .and in the words of St. John the Baptist: "to make straight the way of The Lord."
Jesus or Stephen is the main role followed by John the baptist. AFter this all the other solo parts are fairly equal.
John prepared people for Jesus. He taught them the basics, and baptized them, getting people used to some of the new ideas and changes that Jesus was bringing, and also telling them that he (John) wasn't the Christ, but that he was preparing the way for him.
He had a major role of preparing the way for Jesus the Messiah and he did it unselfishly, even surrendering his life fulfilling his role. Jesus said: Matthew 11:11New King James Version (NKJV) 11 "Assuredly, I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen one greater than John the Baptist; but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
No, John the baptist was not a disciple of Jesus. Christians believe that John the Baptist had a specific role ordained by God to foretell the coming of the Messiah. The New Testament Gospels speak of this role eg In Luke 1:17 the role of John is referred to as being "to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." Luke 1:76 "And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest; For you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways, and in Luke 1:77 as being " Luk 1:77 To give knowledge of salvation to His people By the remission of their sins, "