The Price of Admission
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Matthew 3:1-12
Matthew 3:1-12
FOOD: What is the most weird food you have eaten?
What is strangest creature you have ever eaten?
Some people today eat grasshoppers dipped in chocolate.
How do you want you bug for dinner today?
Today, we meet a man who ate locust that he dipped wild honey.
If you watch Bear Grylls or other survivalists, you will see them eat all sorts of bugs.
The only grasshoppers I know I like are Keebler ones.
FASHION: What is your least favorite outfit to wear? What is your favorite outfit? How about Camel’s Hair coat? Most of us wear leather belts, and that is what John Baptist Wore as well.
HOUSING: Is there anyone where that lives in the middle of nowhere with only the stars for a covering. I Guess the camel coat would come in handy!
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
John Baptist is the first to use the Phrase “The Kingdom of Heaven.”
THE PRICE OF ADMISSION IS: REPENTANCE.
THE PRICE OF ADMISSION IS: REPENTANCE.
REPENT: THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND / NEAR.
3:2 Repent. Repentance is a change of mind that bears fruit in a changed life (see v. 8). kingdom of heaven. This is the rule of heaven over the earth. The Jewish people of Christ’s day were looking for this messianic or Davidic kingdom to be established on this earth, and this is what John proclaimed as being “at hand.” The requirement that the people must repent in order for the kingdom to be established was new and became a stumbling block to them.
We have Abraham for our father. The common teaching of that day said that the Jews participated in the merits of Abraham, which made their prayers acceptable, helped in war, expiated sins, appeased the wrath of God, and assured a share in God’s eternal kingdom. Consequently, the people were startled when John and Jesus preached the necessity of personal repentance.
They Believed False Notions about Their Faith:
“Our Lineage/Heritage Will Save Us.”
God hears our prayers because of our fathers.
God accepts us because of our families.
God protect us because of our DNA.
“Our Religion Will Get Us Into the Kingdom of Heaven.” Because we are sons of Abraham, God has to accept us as we are. NOT TRUE.
TODAY:
“We live in America everyone a Christian.” Not True. This is not a Christian nation.
And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you:
Yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear:
Your hands are full of blood.
Abortion: By Procedure or Pills.
According to WHO, every year in the world there are an estimated 40-50 million abortions. This corresponds to approximately 125,000 abortions per day.
USA: Estimates vary for how many people get the procedure each year, with 630,000 on the low end to around 886,000 based on other models. The median cost of a medication abortion, which make up just over half the total, was $560 in 2020 without insurance. - Forbes
18 year olds shooting people in mass killing events, we have a bloody, violent, nation that has long ago walked from God. Guns are tools in the hands of people with evil hearts. BOTH NY and TX shooters had no purpose for life and had absent or uninvolved fathers.
Christian nations do not shed innocent blood.
“My parents or grandparents loved Jesus, So I must be a Christian.” Not True.
At some point every young person from a Christian home makes a choice. ADOPT, ADAPT, or ABANDON their families Christianity.
PARENTS: Make sure you are teaching your kids how to love Jesus. A goal of our church is to equip parents and young parents in the training of their kids. SHEMA, Duet 6, is a good place to start.
You will either adopt, adapt, or abandon the Faith you have been taught.
God Requires Personal Repentance For Admission to His Kingdom.
God Requires Personal Repentance For Admission to His Kingdom.
In the first message Jesus Gives He says:
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Repentance is = μετα-νοέω, = to change one’s mind, i.e. to repent (to feel sorry that one has done this or that, Jon. 3:9), of having offended some one, Lk. 17:3, used esp. of those who, conscious of their sins and with manifest tokens of sorrow, are intent on obtaining God’s pardon.
Joseph Henry Thayer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament: Being Grimm’s Wilke's Clavis Novi Testamenti (New York: Harper & Brothers., 1889), 405.
New Cyclopaedia of Prose Illustrations (4963. Repentance, Brevities)
“Real repentance consists in the heart being broken for sin and from sin.” —Nevins.
“There is no going to the Fair Haven of glory without sailing through the narrow strait of repentance.” —Dyer.
There was a cartoon several years ago in the Saturday Review of Literature in which little George Washington is standing with an axe in his hand. Before him lying on the ground is the famous cherry tree. He has already made his smug admission that he did it—after all, he “cannot tell a lie.” But his father is standing there exasperated saying, “All right, so you admit it! You always admit it! The question is, when are you going to stop doing it.”
Admitting, Confession, is important, but you must also repent.
God should be ruler of our hearts now.
God’s Kingdom of Heaven is Already Happening in Heaven.
His Kingdom Can Start in Your Heart when you believe the Gospel.
His Heavenly Kingdom Continues PAST the Millennial Kingdom what happens after the Rapture and Tribulation.
NOTICE HOW JESUS WILL JUDGE:
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
He has a farmers tool (winnowing fan) for separating the wheat from the waste.
He gathers the wheat into the barn.
He sends the waste, the chaff, into everlasting fire.
Word Studies in the New Testament (Chapter 3)
Throughly cleanse/PURGE (διακαθαριεῖ). In that preposition lies the picture of the farmer beginning at one side of the floor, and working through to the other, cleansing as he goes.The whole metaphor represents the Messiah as separating the evil from the good, according to the tests of his kingdom and Gospel, receiving the worthy into his kingdom and consigning the unworthy to destruction (compare Matt. 13:30; 39–43; 48–50).
Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
God Requires Personal Repentance For Admission to His Kingdom.
God Requires Personal Repentance For Admission to His Kingdom.
JUDGEMENT IS NEAR: The “Axe laid to the Roots” of the family tree that people were trusting in is symbolic that there is not much time. 10
If the Kingdom is near, then judgment is near for every one else.
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
Show me “Proof of repentance...” John says: Not just heritage, lineage, tradition, or religion. Show me authenticity with God.
What FRUIT or PROOF of Genuine Personal Repentance can a person have?
Believers Baptism. 11
Believers Baptism. 11
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
Baptism is a picture of believing the Gospel. It is identification with Christ.
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
We identify with Christ once we trust Him for salvation in the waters of baptism. This is symbolized when we are baptized.
The Presence of the Holy Spirit. 11
The Presence of the Holy Spirit. 11
Not only water baptism, but being baptized by the Spirit. This is when God indwells us:
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
The Spirit Indwells and lives in us at salvation.
He guides, convicts, comforts, and teaches us.
The Power of God. 11
The Power of God. 11
FIRE is speaking to being Filled or Controlled by the Spirit of God.
And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
FIRE is a powerful thing. When we are filled with the Spirit of God, the Lord can do powerful things through us.
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
IE. Let Jesus Be the King of Your Heart and Life TODAY.
6,000 Plus Illustrations for Communicating Biblical Truths (God Has a Right)
GOD has a right to a definite part of your time—He has the power to take all of it.
GOD has a right to a definite part of your money—He has the power to take all of it.
GOD has a right to be glorified through your tongue—He has the power to take all of it.
GOD has a right to be honored through your influence—He has the power to take all of it.
GOD has a right to your life—He has the power to take all of it.
God Requires Personal Repentance For Admission to His Kingdom.
God Requires Personal Repentance For Admission to His Kingdom.
CONCLUSION: An AWANA teacher once asked a class what was meant by the word “repentance.” A little boy put up his hand and said, “It is being sorry for your sins.” A little girl also raised her hand and said, “It is being sorry enough to quit.”
“Repentance,” in 6,000 Plus Illustrations for Communicating Biblical Truths (Christianity Today, 2000).
A Person Cannot Have: Believers baptism, the presence of the Holy Spirit, or the Power of God in their life without FIRST Trusting the Gospel.
BE SAVED TODAY
THE PRICE OF ADMISSION IS: REPENTANCE.
Believer’s Baptism.
The Presence of the Holy Spirit
The Power of God.
God Requires Personal Repentance For Admission to His Kingdom.
God Requires Personal Repentance For Admission to His Kingdom.
RESPONSE:
I want to be saved today.
I am saved and need to follow Jesus in Believer's Baptism.
I pray Jesus will be the King of My Heart. May God’s Presence and Power will be evident more and more each day. I will submit to Him and participate in His Kingdom now.
