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Matthew 3:1–2 · BSB
3:1 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
3:2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public domain. Sermons may quote another translation.
These sermons cite a broader passage containing Matthew 3:1–2; they are not counted as specific verse evidence.
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…And you get rewarded in the convention for this. Oh, yeah. Yeah. And this is where the salt started losing its saltiness. But we saw earlier inMatthew chapter 3, where John the Baptist was out, it says, In those days, John the Baptist, this is what I mean by protecting baptism. In those days, John the…
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…and Hosea are quoted in Matthew 1 and Matthew 2 as he is hitting home his point of the readers of his day of just who Jesus was. Then we get toMatthew chapter 3, and we see the adult version of John the Baptizer. We see his story in Luke 1 of his prophetic birth and then the miraculous nature of his birth.…
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…Somebody say amen. As soon as Joel said it, the next person who picked it is a man called John the Baptist. As John the Baptist came, you'll findMatthew chapter 3and Luke chapter 3. I have no time to quote it for you, but it says, John was baptizing in water. He says, There is one coming after me. He's…
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…how the first book of the New Testament opens up, Matthew's Gospel. In chapter 2, Jesus is called out of Egypt, like Israel was in the exodus. InMatthew chapter 3, Jesus crosses the Jordan River, like Israel did. In Matthew chapter 4, Jesus spends forty days and forty nights in the wilderness. Didn't Israel…
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…any book. John the Baptist came to fulfill the written word. Praise the Lord! It has been prophesied on signing him. So let's focus a bit on John.Matthew chapter 3. Matthew chapter 3 verse 11. unto repentance. For he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry, who baptize…
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…set up an everlasting kingdom. Now fast forward 600 years. to the life of Christ. Jesus has just been baptized by John in the River Jordan inMatthew chapter 3. And in Matthew chapter 4 he's tempted of the devil, 40 days in the wilderness. And then Jesus begins his teaching ministry, his public preaching…
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…were. It's without any imperfection. And so in the text, when it says Jesus is the is God's perfect son, notice what's going on in this text. InMatthew chapter 3, this is the baptism of Jesus. And as you get there in verse 13, Jesus showed up. And John the Baptist essentially tells him, Man, I'm not going to…
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…from the very beginning of time, creating something new. We also see the Holy Spirit when we look into the New Testament as well. Uh, this is inMatthew chapter 3, and um, we're just gonna read it. We see the Holy Spirit was there at the beginning of Jesus' ministry, and it says, As soon as Jesus was…
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…for me, but to be loved by me. And that should drastically change for some of you the picture of what you see in God. Go to our next passage,Matthew chapter 3. Flip back to Matthew chapter 3, verses 16 and 17. We were there last week. Last week we talked about Jesus' baptism. Read the passage again, and…
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…But man, how exciting! Like, baptism is an exciting moment because it symbolizes some things that are really important to Jesus in Scripture.Matthew chapter 3, let's talk about it. What's the deal with baptism? Matthew 3 is the story of Jesus' baptism. Okay, so it's actually his baptism that we get to…
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…but here comes Jesus Christ. Remember, we just read about him a few moments ago in in in some chapter of the Bible. Where were we? All right,Matthew, chapter 3. I'm just kidding. I'm locked in now. All right in. Matthew chapter 3. We read that Jesus. Came. For baptism. Now, did Jesus need baptism the same…
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…a picture of his son's absolute submission, even to death. And the picture called forth the highest approbation of the Father. Now let's read this.Matthew chapter 3, beginning at verse 13. Matthew, the third chapter, beginning at the thirteenth verse. Here the Bible says, Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to John,…
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…couple of the other gospels, the same event. I'm going to use them as filling in the holes, so to speak, of this baptism. Turn with me, please, toMatthew chapter 3. Matthew chapter 3, verse 13. Same event. Now Matthew is recording this. He gets to it in Matthew 3, verse 13. Jesus arrived from Galilee at the…
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…the significance of this is God in the flesh among you. Of course, the nature of Christ was also confirmed through the Father. At his baptism inMatthew chapter 3, the Father says, this is my beloved Son in whom I'm well pleased. We see at his transfiguration the same kinds of words where the Father says a…
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…are marked by Christ and then will carry out the example of Jesus and what did Jesus do he fulfilled all righteousness by being baptized that's inMatthew chapter 3Jesus came remember Jesus comes he comes into the Jordan and he comes to Galilee and he wants to be baptized by John the Baptist and like no I…
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I invite you to open your Bibles toMatthew chapter 3. And while you're doing so, I just want to affirm Eleanor on that children's story. That is what we call discipling. That is good. Teaching them,…
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…all here but we need help to see it and faith to grab hold of it in a saving way. His father is the second witness. Last week Zachary preached fromMatthew chapter 3concerning Jesus' baptism. If you missed it I really encourage you to give it a ! listen. I think you'll really appreciate it. You did a great job…
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…morning, before we talk about the lies we hear, the doubts that we wrestle with sometimes, we need to go back where God starts, right? Because inMatthew chapter 3, standing on the waters of baptism, Jesus hasn't healed anyone yet. He hasn't taught a crowd. He hasn't gone to the cross. And that matters because…
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…are, if you're a note taker or if you're like me, you like to scribble things in your Bible, then that is what to write above verses 13 to 17 ofMatthew chapter 3. Go ahead and do it. Yeah, I'm with them. And it's the answer to the million dollar question that's right at the heart of this passage. Are you…
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…year. And I want to put it to you, I'd imagine that she probably never met you last year. And all that takes us to the good news of this passage inMatthew chapter 3. Have you got it there? Summed up in that one word you get in verse 2. Do you know what Matthew 3 is? It is the complete antithesis of Michelle…
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