MAKING STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE LORD Luke 2:3-6. Why Make A Way At All? GOD Gen 1:1 Man Gen 1:26,27  Relationship Was Good Gen 1:31.

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MAKING STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE LORD Luke 2:3-6

Why Make A Way At All? GOD Gen 1:1 Man Gen 1:26,27  Relationship Was Good Gen 1:31

Sin Why Make A Way At All? GOD Gen 1:1 Man Gen 1:26,27  Relationship Was Good Gen 1:31 Gen 2:17; 3:1-6 “You shall surely die” Ezek 18:20; Rom 6:23 Not a physical death, but a separation from God Isa 59:1,2

Why Make A Way At All? GOD Gen 1:1 Man Gen 1:26,27 Sin Need To Be Reconciled But How? Through Jesus Christ! 1 John 1:1-3; 3:5 Titus 2:11-14

Make Straight The Way Of The Lord “EVERY VALLEY SHALL BE FILLED AND EVERY MOUNTAIN AND HILL BROUGHT LOW; THE CROOKED PLACES SHALL BE MADE STRAIGHT AND THE ROUGH WAYS SMOOTH” Luke 3:5

Make Straight The Way Of The Lord “And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins” Luke 3:3