This Lord’s Day will be the last week of our Bumper Sticker Theology sermon series. Our sermon text will be John 3:25-30 and the bumper sticker that we’ll be analyzing is that which says, “Christ must increase and I must decrease.”
This statement was first spoken by John the Baptist as he was answering a question from his disciples. John was acknowledging his proper role as the forerunner to the Messiah. John had completed his job; he had proclaimed the coming of the Messiah and now that the Messiah had come, the role and influence of the forerunner must decrease while the role and influence of the Messiah must increase.
This Lord’s Day we’re going to consider what it means, particularly in light of Jesus’ resurrection, for the Lord Jesus Christ to “increase.”