And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. (Luke 1:41 ESV)
John Before He Was the Baptist
Christians have two ways to know something. We know something through reason, but we also know some things through faith. While reason is the rule of the rest of the world, we Christians sometimes learn things through God’s enabling us to know.
This faith-knowledge does not usually connect us to knowledge about quality automobiles, good investments, or weather. But instead faith-knowledge allows us to know God’s hands, to understand His work, to experience relationship with Him.
And most importantly, faith-knowledge introduces us to Jesus.
We know Jesus through faith, not through our eyes, ears, or cleverness.
Baby John shows us this. He knew Jesus was the Messiah before John know how to talk.
We are peculiar. We have a way of knowing that is beyond our senses and brains.