John 1:7

The same came for. witness to bear witness of the Light.

John came, not so much as. reformer, as. witness. His work, as declared by Malachi, was to be. messenger to go before the Lord. In all his preaching he testified of Christ. When he preached repentance he declared the Kingdom was at hand. When he baptized he declared that there was one coming who would baptize with the Holy Spirit and fire. He said, "I am not he that should come, but there cometh one whose shoes. am unworthy to loose." He pointed his disciples to Jesus and declared him the Lamb of God.

That through him all men might believe.

That John's preparation and testimony should cause men to believe upon the Light. The earliest disciples of Christ, including at least. part of the apostles, were men who had been prepared by John. John bore witness to Christ before he was manifested, The apostles bore witness after, for the same purpose, to cause men to believe. This too is the work of the church and of every preacher of the word.