Salvation Promised

Good morning Wesley Cove Church.

Set the Scene

Luke 3:1–2 NASB95

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.

Practice Repentance

Luke 3:3 NASB95

And he came into all the district around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins;

Luke 1–5: The MacArthur New Testament Commentary The Theological Setting

Repentance is not merely an intellectual change of mind about who Christ is, or superficial remorse over the consequences of sin. It is a radical turning from sin to God; a repudiation of the old life and a turning to God for salvation from the penalty and dominion of sin

Clear the Path

Luke 3:4–5 NASB95

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight. ‘Every ravine will be filled, And every mountain and hill will be brought low; The crooked will become straight, And the rough roads smooth;

See Your Salvation

Luke 3:6 NASB95

And all flesh will see the salvation of God.’ ”