Luke 1:76, 77 “And thou, child, shalt be called the
prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to
prepare his ways; To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the
remission of their sins,”
Our
Baptist Mission
The
Baptists Should be a certain kind of people.
Like John we should be filled with the Spirit. See verse 15, "For he shall be
great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink;
and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb."
and Eph. 5:18,
"And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the
Spirit; "
Baptists
should also be fearless in dedicated preaching.
See Verse 17, "And he shall go before him in the spirit and power
of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the
disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the
Lord."
We also have a certain
message. John's was a message of
repentance. "Bring forth
therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin 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." Luke
3:8
Our message must be of
like sort. O How we need strong
preaching today on repentance! Our
preaching must also point men to Christ as John's did. See Luke
3:16, "John answered,
saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you
with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not
worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with
fire:" and 1 Cor. 1:23 "But
we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a
stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;"
John's
purpose in life and preaching was to prepare the way for the coming of
Christ. See Luke
1:17, "And he shall go
before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers
to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a
people prepared for the Lord." It
was also to give knowledge of salvation to the people, Luke
1:76, 77, " And thou,
child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the
face of the Lord to prepare his ways; To
give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their
sins,"
Is our purpose any less? Let us give to men the knowledge of our
Lord's salvation and prepare the way for His second coming.
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