Luke 3:1-38 NIV
John the Baptist Prepares the
Way
1In the
fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor
of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and
Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene—2during
the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the Word of God came to John son of
Zechariah in the wilderness. 3He went
into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the
forgiveness of sins. 4As it
is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:
“A voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
make straight paths for Him.
5Every valley shall be filled in,
every mountain and hill made low.
The crooked roads shall become straight,
the rough ways smooth.
7John
said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who
warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8Produce
fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We
have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can
raise up children for Abraham. 9The ax
is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good
fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
10“What
should we do then?” the crowd asked.
11John
answered, “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none,
and anyone who has food should do the same.”
12Even
tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”
13“Don’t
collect any more than you are required to,” he told them.
14Then
some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?”
He replied, “Don’t extort money
and don’t accuse people falsely—be content with your pay.”
15The
people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John
might possibly be the Messiah. 16John
answered them all,
“I baptize you withb water. But One Who is more powerful than I
will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will
baptize you withc the Holy Spirit and fire.17His winnowing fork is in His Hand to clear
His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn, but He will burn up
the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
18And
with many other words John exhorted the people and proclaimed the good news to
them.
19But
when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of his marriage to Herodias, his
brother’s wife, and all the other evil things he had done, 20Herod
added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.
The Baptism and Genealogy of Jesus
21When
all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was
praying, heaven was opened 22and the
Holy Spirit descended on Him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from
heaven:
“You are My Son, Whom I love; with You I am well pleased.”
23Now
Jesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began His ministry. He was the
son, so it was thought, of Joseph,
the son of Levi, the son of
Melki,
the son of Jannai, the son of
Joseph,
25the son
of Mattathias, the son of Amos,
the son of Nahum, the son of
Esli,
the son of Mattathias, the son
of Semein,
the son of Josek, the son of
Joda,
27the son
of Joanan, the son of Rhesa,
the son of Zerubbabel, the son
of Shealtiel,
the son of Addi, the son of
Cosam,
the son of Elmadam, the son of
Er,
29the son
of Joshua, the son of Eliezer,
the son of Jorim, the son of
Matthat,
the son of Judah, the son of
Joseph,
the son of Jonam, the son of
Eliakim,
31the son
of Melea, the son of Menna,
the son of Mattatha, the son of
Nathan,
the son of Obed, the son of
Boaz,
the son of Hezron, the son of
Perez,
the son of Isaac, the son of
Abraham,
the son of Terah, the son of
Nahor,
35the son
of Serug, the son of Reu,
the son of Peleg, the son of
Eber,
the son of Arphaxad, the son of
Shem,
the son of Noah, the son of
Lamech,
37the son
of Methuselah, the son of Enoch,
the son of Jared, the son of
Mahalalel,
the son of Seth, the son of
Adam,
the Son of God.
You are My Son
There
are three places in the Bible where we can find the expression, “You are My Son” which has been said by
God the Father to God the Son.
This
is significantly impressive and important truth for all Christians because God
adopted us to be His children through this Eternal Sonship of Christ, thus we
can call Him, “Abba Father” as Jesus called Him the same way in the Garden of
Gethsemane when praying before His Crucifixion.
Luke 3:22
“You are My Son, Whom I love; with You
I am well pleased.”
Psalm 2:7
“I will proclaim the LORD's decree: He said to Me,
"You are My son; today I have become Your Father.”
Mark 9:7
“This is My Son, Whom I love. Listen to
Him!”
No comments:
Post a Comment