Luke 3:1-38
John's
message came from ‘God’(2). He did not begin with love. He preached
about sin and divine judgment, warning his hearers to ‘flee from the
wrath to come’(7). He called for ‘repentance’(3,8). This was not what
people wanted to hear. Before we can rejoice in the Good News concerning
salvation, we must recognize our sin and our need of salvation. John
prepared the way for Jesus. ‘All have sinned’, ‘The wages of sin is
death’- This is the ‘bad news; which prepares us to receive, with joyful
thanksgiving, ‘the Good News’: ‘the free gift of God is eternal life in
Christ Jesus our Lord’(Romans 3:23; 6:23). Like John, we are to point
to Jesus, God’s ‘beloved Son’: Before ‘Adam’ was, He is. Pray that the
‘Holy Spirit’will bring people to Christ (22,38; 8:58).
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