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Manila Bulletin
|September 17, 2025
Jesus addresses the lack of faith on the part of the religious leaders who did not put faith in John the Baptist as he preached a baptism of repentance.
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They have branded the Baptizer as a lunatic simply because of his counter-cultural lifestyle.
He depended entirely on God by clothing himself and feeding himself from the fruits of nature.
Camel’s hair was his clothing, and wild locusts and grasshoppers were his staple diet.
His core message was repentance of sins, and he presented his stirring message by his austere lifestyle.
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Neither do the religious leaders put faith in Jesus who likewise preaches repentance of sins with emphasis on the mercy of God.
He points out the reality of God’s Kingdom that has already been inaugurated and has already swept the countryside.
Sick people are healed, dead men are raised to life, evil spirits are driven away.
This story is from the September 17, 2025 edition of Manila Bulletin.
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