Matthew 3
General Idea: A man goes out to baptize and preach the coming of the Lord, to “prepare ye the path.” Obedience, willingness to go all out in faith, and a willingness to endure extreme persecution for the Lord characterized John the Baptist. He was the road builder laying the path for the Lord. He removed the rocks of 1. What does it say?
A. “Preparing The Way Of The Lord” (3:1-12) (Also in Mark 1:1-11; Luke 3:1-22; John 3:22-36)
He denounced people for what they had done.
He summoned them for what they ought to do.
True preachers point at God, not themselves.
Holy Spirit - here He is again.
Holy Spirit meant life, power and creation
Rabbis said Great is Repentance for it brings healing to the world.
Definition of repentance: Ris that the sinner forsakes his sin and puts it away out of his thoughts and fully resolves in his mind that he will not do it again Medieval jewish scholar - Maimonides
Jews held that true repentance brings for fruits which demonstrate the reality of the repentance - and so do Christians.
My story of repentance - Scott saying he's sorry.
Repenting for lying Cal State B and the DMV
The true penitent is he who has the opportunity to do the same sin again, in the same circumstances, and who does not do it.
2. What does it mean?
3. What is God telling me?
4. How can I be changed so I can learn and grow?
5. What is in the way from these precepts affecting me? What is in the way
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