John the Baptist baptized people in the Jordan River for repentance of their sins.   After Jesus died on the cross, was resurrected and ascended into heaven, people were then baptized because they believed what Jesus had done for them…saved them from their sins…when He died on the cross.   His death in your […]

   What are some of the prophecies concerning the forerunner of Messiah? (NIV) Isaiah 40:3 & Malachi 3:1a give prophesies of: “A voice of one calling: ‘In the desert prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God.” The hearts and minds of the people were prepared for […]

   What do people say about you when you leave the room?  The comments may be positive…or negative.  Your attitude will determine how people think of you.   If your attitude and demeanor is negative and filled with condemning words, your actions will also reflect that.  Negative impressions will be left behind you as you […]

(NASB) Psalm 100:1-5 “SHOUT JOYFULLY to the LORD, all the earth. Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing. Know that the LORD Himself is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving […]

   As Jesus healed people and delivered people from various illnesses, death and demons…what else was happening? Jesus gave hope and health, changing people’s lives for the better…greatly affecting their lives. Jesus fulfilled prophecy. Jesus answered the crucial question of John the Baptist with His actions of healing. Jesus gave encouragement to all who were […]

   Imprisoned John the Baptist had a question which only Jesus could answer.  So John sent some of his followers to Jesus with an important question: “Are You the Expected One, or do we look for someone else?”   If Jesus had given them an answer He could have been lying or trying to deceive […]

   Imprisoned John the Baptist had a question which only Jesus could answer.  So John sent two of his disciples (followers) to Jesus. [Do you do that, asking Jesus for an answer to your question(s)? Then reading the Holy Bible and listening to Biblically-based teaching for the answer(s)?] (NASB) Luke 7:20 “When the men came […]

   John the Baptist was imprisoned for exposing King Herod’s taking the wife of his brother and marrying her and other wicked things the king had done.  John heard from his followers about Jesus and what He had been doing.  (Luke 7:18)   What had Jesus been doing?  Among many things Jesus had healed a […]

Ephesians 3:14-19 Paraphrased Because as a follower of Christ I have faith in Him and I am to bow my knees before God the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named: ‘I pray that You will grant me (according to the riches of Your glory) to be strengthened with power […]

   John was imprisoned!  For what reason was he in prison?  All because he had told the truth and had publicly reprimanded King Herod, the tetrarch of Israel.  King Herod had married his brother’s wife and had done other wicked things which John exposed; Herod locked up John the Baptist in prison — for telling […]