Tuesday, April 14, 2020

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

Matthew 3:3
For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying:
   “The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
 ‘Prepare the way of the Lord;
 Make His paths straight.’ ”

Luke 1:13
But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

Matthew 3:4
Now John himself was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Matthew 3:12
His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

Matthew 13:30
Let both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather together the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them, but gather the wheat into my barn.” ’ ”
Matthew 3:13
Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him.

Matthew 3:1
In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea

Mark 1:4
John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

Thoughts 

. Christ is not only a remedy for your weariness and trouble, but he will give you an abundance of the contrary: joy and delight. - Jonathan Edwards

. Thou hast no life to lose, because thou hast given it already to Christ, nor can man take away that without God’s leave. - William Gurnall

[Message No: 7645]

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