No Greater Prophet than John the Baptist

As John was in prison, word of Christ's works had reached him. After he had heard all that Christ had done and was doing for the people, John the Baptist sent two of his disciples to speak to him. He asked his disciples to ask the Savior, "Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?" They were asking the Savior if he was the Messiah that had been prophesied about for so long. I can imagine how amazing it would be to be John the Baptist and he of all th things that were happening! If I had been one of his disciples I would have told him how humble Christ was. He did immediately say, "Yes I am the Messiah." He told all that he had done and let them interpret what that meant! I would have told John about the miracles that Jesus Christ had done and was doing around the Holy Land. I would have also told him that Christ teaches, not only to the rich and educated, he also taught the Gospel to the poor and uneducated!

The question needs to be asked though, why did John need to send his disciples? Couldn't he just have prayed about it after hearing about all that Jesus had done for the people? It would have been pretty obvious to someone who was in tune with Heavenly Father and the Holy Ghost that Christ was the Messiah. And the answer to the aforementioned question is that, John didn't need the answer. His disciples did. His disciples had spent time and energy following John the Baptist, and it was hard for them to understand that John had been leading them to follow the Messiah, and he had finally appeared!

The Savior said that there had been no man greater, in the world than John the Baptist. Joseph Smith taught that this was because, he was entrusted with the task of preparing the world for the coming of Christ, he was asked to baptize the SON OF GOD, and because John was the " legal administrator in the affairs of the kingdom there was then on the earth, and holding the keys of power.

John 3:30 states, "He must increase, but I must decrease." Here John the Baptist is saying that the Savior's wants an desires should over take his wants and desires. I think that this should apply to everyone! I want my wants and desires to be aligned with that of the Saviors.