7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Matthew 3.7 John the Baptist is coming as a forerunner. So, let’s go back to John and see what it tells us about him. It says that he is 3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness:“Prepare the way of the Lord;Make straight in the...
Matthew 3 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” 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.’ ” 4 Now John himself was clothed in...
In fact, John says, ‘it would be more appropriate for you, Jesus, to baptize me‘. And he is right in a way, but Jesus overrules him, and He submits to baptism. John recognizes Jesus. He hasn’t had a formal introduction: ‘Hello Mr John the Baptist, this is Jesus Christ, welcome to you!‘ John knows Him by the Holy Spirit.Tony Pearce
11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 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...
CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO FORMAT Paul wrote in Romans concerning the life within us. He says: 9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. 10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of...