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CONSIDERING JOHN

Matthew 3:1-12

Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were

going out to him, and they were baptized by him in the river

Jordan, confessing their sins. (Matthew 3:5-6, ESV)

Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were

ministering to him. Now when he heard that John had been

arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. Matthew 4:11-

12, ESV)

John’s Purpose? To Fulfill Prophecy

For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he

said,“The voice of one crying in the

wilderness:‘Prepare the way of the Lord;

make his paths straight.’” (Matthew 3:3, ESV) Isaiah 40:3))


“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of

the LORD comes. And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of

children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter

destruction.” (Malachi 4:5-6, ESV)


And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers

to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people

prepared.” (Luke 1:16-17, ESV)

Would speak to families and to the disobedientTwo fold message- fulfilling prophecies and

preparation

Consider John’s Message

• He prepared the people for Jesus’ message

“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

(Matthew 3:2, ESV)

Bear fruit in keeping with repentance. (Matthew 38)

Repent – a change of mind prompting one to change his action, his course, his direction.



• Jesus called for the same thing

From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent,

for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Matthew 4:17,

ESV)




• Taught His apostles to do the same

“Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the

dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be

proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

(Luke 24:46-47, ESV)




• Taught His apostles to do the same

• Was the message from the beginning

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the

forgiveness of your sins, and you will receivethe gift of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2:38, ESV)

The message was not/is not about changing churches, but about

CHANGE

Repentance has fruits.

And the crowds asked him, “What then shall we do?” And he answered them, “Whoever has two

tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.”

(Luke 3:10-11, ESV)Tax collectors also came to be baptized and said to him,

“Teacher, what shall we do?” And he said to them, “Collect no more than you are authorized to

do.” (Luke 3:12-13, ESV) Soldiers also asked him, “And we, what shall we do?”

And he said to them, “Do not extort money from anyone by threats or by false accusation, and be

content with your wages.” (Luke 3:14, ESV)



• He prepared people for the kingdom

• The same message as Jesus

From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven

is at hand.” (Matthew 4:17, ESV)





• Same message as the 12 w/limited commission

…but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And proclaim as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of

heaven is at hand.’ (Matthew 10:6-7, ESV)





• Same message as the 12 w/limited commission

• After Acts 2, the kingdom was a fact

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us tothe kingdom of his beloved

Son, (Colossians 1:13, ESV)




• Prepared them for Jesus’ work with HS

In John 14-16, Jesus promises the Spirit

5x’s, and His direct help

Consider John’s Message• He prepared the

people for Jesus’ message



• Prepared them for Jesus’ work of separation

• Separated people with His parables

This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing

they do not see, and hearing they do not

hear, nor do they understand.

(Matthew 13:13, ESV)







• Would separate families“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to

bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father,

and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person's enemies will be those of his own household. Whoever

loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not

worthy of me. (Matthew 10:34-37)







• Would separate families• Would separate righteous

from unrighteous

Jesus “the separator” is unknown to many

today!

John’s Message Was a Forerunner of Jesus’ Gospel

John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the

forgiveness of sins. (Mark 1:4, ESV)“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Bear

fruit in keeping with repentance. (Matthew 3:2, 8, ESV)

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood

of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.

(Matthew 3:7-8, ESV)

“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?

(Luke 6:46, ESV)

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