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Luke 3:1-20 We must repent in order to be saved. What will you sacrifice to share the truth?

John the Baptist comes proclaiming that the kingdom of heaven is arriving with Jesus, therefore all people must repent and turn to the king. Heaven arrives with Jesus; he alone enables entry.

The Christmas message is one of Good News

The respected author of the Gospel of Luke continues his documentation of the early life of the Master by documenting Christ’s family attending Jerusalem for the feast of Passover. We read about Christ speaking with the Torah scholars of His day at the Temple during one of many trips (at least three times a year) to Jerusalem. With context supplied by the First Century Jewish historian Josephus, we see the political context surround Christ’s baptism by John the Immerser. We also see at Christ’s baptism an anointing and affirmation confirmed by God, “This is My Son in whom I am well pleased.” When read in light of Psalm 2, Isaiah 40, 42 and 53, we see the fulfillment of the “Comforter” of Israel realized through the manifestation of Christ.

John knew a secret. Well, not a secret, more like an unpopular truth. And it’s not that he knew it while others didn’t. He knew and accepted that he was, in the big picture, nothing. That’s why he didn’t stay in Jerusalem to preach. That’s why he didn’t invest in fabulous clothes and a gourmet diet.…

We think of Job as a pious man, a man who bore up under suffering well – and unjust suffering at that. Nothing tells us that Job “earned” the loss of his children, his house, his wealth, or his health. All Scripture tells us is that Job got caught between God and Satan. Satan bet God that Job would stop…