Sermons About John-the-baptist
Raise Your Eyes
"When they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only." Matt. 17:8
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Exposure of Religious Hypocrisy (Matthew 3:7)
“Evangelicals generally and the coming generation particularly have adopted to various degrees an ethical code of political civility. This compels them not only to be tolerant of others’ beliefs, opinions, and lifestyles, but more importantly , to be tolerable to others. The critical dogma is not to offend but to be genteel and civil in social relations … [Such[ a religious style … entails a de-emphasis of Evangelicalism's more offensive aspects, such as accusations of heresy, sin immortality, and paganism, and themes of judgment, divine wrath, damnation, and hell.†John insist on true repentance by exposing its counterfeit - religious hypocrisy and warning of its consequences. We will break down 3:7-12 into three main sections and then deal with each one on its own. 1) Exposure of Religious Hypocrisy (7) 2) Expectation of Genuine Repentance (8-9) 3) Execution of Divine Judgment (10-12) This morning we will look at verse 7 and the Exposure of Religious Hypocrisy. What do I mean by Religious Hypocrisy? Those who have a form of religion and religious commitments - even the right religion - but do not know its internal transforming power: “form of godliness, although they have denied its power†(2 Tim. 3:5); “[broad way] that leads to destruction†(Matt. 7:13) - They have a form of obedience, but the wrong heart. They have religion, but they don’t internally hate sin and love righteousness; they lack true humility before God; their religion is more about what they do than who they are; they feel secure in the externals of religion but are ignorant of its internal realities. This morning we will look at John’s Exposure this Religious Hypocrisy and note two dominate aspects of John’s rebuke: 1) Religious Hypocrisy Blinds a person to their true condition. 2) Religious Hypocrisy Puts one in Great Danger of Judgement.
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Prepare for the King, pt. 2 (Matthew 3:1-6)
The ministry of John the Baptist was to prepare the way for the King and the kingdom by calling the people to repentance. This week we will see that the call to repentance was founded on the announcement of the kingdom, which is only entered by those willing to deal with their sin. This morning: The Weight and Response to the Call of Repentance: 1 - The Foundation of the Call: The Announcement of the Kingdom. 2 - The Response to the Call: Commitment and Confession.
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Prepare for the King, pt. 1 (Matthew 3:1-4)
All four gospels record the ministry of John the Baptist from their own unique perspective according to their purpose. Luke, alone, includes the narrative of his birth. But all three synoptics (Matthew, Mark, Luke) all include this initial phase of John’s ministry in the wilderness. The apostle John, written much later, covers this same period, but emphasizes the Baptist’s role as witness to the Messiah and alone announces Him as “The Lamb that takes away the sin of the world.†Luke is written to present an accurate historical account, so he fills in many of the details left out by Matthew and in this sense is more helpful from a historical point of view. However, Luke and Matthew’s purposes are different. Matthew’s goal is to present Jesus Christ as King, the King the prophets looked forward to and the people should have been expecting. Matthew is, in this sense, more interested in the message than the details. Thus, with little introduction John the Baptist explodes onto the scene of Matthew’s gospel, in order to accentuate, with all its force, the message by which the way for the King would be prepared: “Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.â€
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Announce the Kingdom
Jesus called for his hearers to repent-to turn around and head in another direction spiritually and morally. Repentance was also the theme of the preaching of John the Baptist.
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Are you Ready
John the Baptist is the voice calling in the wilderness to make straight the way of the Lord. This message ask the question are you ready to hear the voice of the Lord and Change?
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Torn Apart
Jesus' baptism marked him as God's chosen Servant to fulfill all righteousness, setting him on the path of servanthood that would lead to his coronation upon the cross. As the heavens were torn apart at Jesus' baptism, so when our lives are torn apart God enters into our brokenness and comes to us. By the grace given in that cleansing water of regeneration, we are declared God's beloved children. The tearing of the heavens which took place at Jesus' baptism would lead to another tearing on the day Jesus died. The curtain of the temple was torn in two and the separation between God and man was now bridged by Christ's atoning death.
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Holy Spirit Baptism
Sermon Holy Spirit Baptism "The Spirit Of God" Audio Series (Part 21), Jesus will Baptize you with The Holy Spirit and Fire, empowering us to become Living Epistles who desire to be cleansed and purified. Repentance is a Doorway to Blessing. Scriptures used are: Matthew 3:7-17, Psalm 24:3-6, Malachi 3:1-6, Mark 1:1-11, Matthew 4:1-11. Bloomsburg Community Church Sermons.
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Beginnings
"And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them and healed their sick." Matthew 14:14
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Son of God and Son of Man
Who Is This? Discovering Jesus in the Gospel According to Mark Son of God and Son of Man
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