1:7 And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8 I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
Matthew said he was not worthy to carry the sandals of the Messiah; Mark says he was not even worthy to untie the strap. Both are simply introductions to the fuller picture: the lowliest servant of the household on his knees, removing the sandals of the host or his guest, then washing his feet from the filth of the day. It was not a job anyone was begging to do. It was the job Jesus later chose to do in the upper room with His faithful followers. John the Baptist was saying: "Messiah is worthy of so much honor, I could not even touch it. That's how great He is." Expect much more. Expect that in Christ you will find not only the call to confess and forsake your sin, but also the power to cleanse and change the way you live. He has that much more holiness, and also that much more power. He is, after all, God the Son.
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