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Matthew 3:1–4 · 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.”
3:3 This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
3:4 John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
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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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…know how to talk to him. Okay, hey, um Jesus has purchased for you a salvation where he looks at you like he sees Jesus. That's what we see inMatthew chapter 3. The same righteousness that's on Jesus is the same righteousness that when the Lord saw his son, he said, This is my beloved son with whom I'm…
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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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…in the length of it and the breadth of it. It's a complete walk to fulfill Jesus when he came to this earth. John spoke to him when he was there.Matthew chapter 3, he said, you know, Lord, I have need to be baptized of thee. And Jesus looked at him and said, suffer it to be so now, for thus it becometh us to…
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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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…his identity and relationship with the Father. As children of God, we too find our true identity in God's declarations over us. A reading fromMatthew chapter 3, beginning with verse 13. Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, I need…
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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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…two baptisms. So, the son of God, Jesus had two baptisms that he uh shared with us. And as we can see in scripture and we're going to start out inMatthew chapter 3and then this is as well. We're going to see a lot of John the Baptist here as we look at this. Obviously, he's the baptizer and the one that the…
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…more susceptible to giving into temptation. Why is this important? Because as you look at Matthew chapter 4, we learn this is a short time afterMatthew chapter 3. When you read the Bible and you look at Matthew chapter 3, specifically in verse 17, we see one of the greatest blessings in Jesus' life come…
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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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…to prayer away. Jesus comes to refine with the Spirit and with fire, both then but also when he comes again. So John the Baptist said of Jesus inMatthew chapter 3. He who is coming after me, remember John's the messenger. Prepare the way. He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not…
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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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…they were anointed with oil in the old testament remember and Jesus is going to be anointed with the Holy Spirit. Um look if you will in chapter 3,Matthew chapter 3and in verse 16 and 17 and Jesus when he was baptized went straight way out of the water and lo, the heavens were opened and unto him he saw a…
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…beginning to establish his Kingdom on earth. So Matthew chapter one, verse 21, we hear that this Jesus has come to save his people from their sins.Matthew chapter 3, Jesus is baptized and empowered for his mission by God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. He's coming to build God's Kingdom. Matthew chapter 4…
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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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…is alive, that God still speaks today. Amen. If you want to go ahead and turn to Ephesians chapter 1, and if you want to hold that and look atMatthew chapter 3, those are the two passages we're gonna be in together tonight. Ephesians 1 and Matthew 3. Watch Manes says Christianity doesn't begin with…
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