Not Worthy Enough to Do What?!?

September 29, 2021
Keith Holland

Episode Notes

[7] Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

 

[8] "Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as [our] father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

 

[9] "And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."

 

[10] So the people asked him, saying, "What shall we do then?"

 

[11] He answered and said to them, "He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise."

 

[12] Then tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, "Teacher, what shall we do?" [13] And he said to them, "Collect no more than what is appointed for you."

 

[14] Likewise the soldiers asked him, saying, "And what shall we do?" So he said to them, "Do not intimidate anyone or accuse falsely, and be content with your wages."

 

[15] Now as the people were in expectation, and all reasoned in their hearts about John, whether he was the Christ [or] not,

 

[16] John answered, saying to all, "I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

 

[17] "His winnowing fan [is] in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather the wheat into His barn; but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire."

 

[18] And with many other exhortations he preached to the people. [19] But Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him concerning Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, [20] also added this, above all, that he shut John up in prison.

 

[21] When all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized; and while He prayed, the heaven was opened.

 

[22] And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, "You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased." - Luke 3:7-22 NKJV

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