Luke 3:3-4, 8
3 And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, 4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying: “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; Make His paths straight. 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.
John prepared the way for Jesus by calling for people to turn away from sin and toward Him. But he also warned that it must be real - fear of God's due justice enacted, not just to check a box of a religious rule. God 's people are from God's work, not our birthright, position, wealth, or any work we can drum up. So now all must be by Christ alone through faith alone.
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