1. Luke 3:1-20
Prepare (x2)

3. Prepare – Luke 3
2 during the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. 3 He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:

4. Prepare – Luke 3
  “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord,     make straight paths for him. 5 Every valley shall be filled in,     every mountain and hill made low. The crooked roads shall become straight,     the rough ways smooth. 6 And all people will see God’s salvation.’”

5. Prepare – Luke 3 In Our Own Lives
Repentance :3 – preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins

6. Prepare – Luke 3 In Our Own Lives
Spurgeon: “Repentance grows as faith grows… repentance is not a thing of days and weeks, a temporary penance…
No, it is the grace of a lifetime…
Repentance is the inseparable companion of faith”

7. Prepare – Luke 3 In Our Own Lives
Repentance :3 – preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins
Fruit :8 – Produce fruit in keeping with repentance

8. Prepare – Luke 3 In Our Own Lives
Repentance :3 – preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins
Fruit :8 – Produce fruit in keeping with repentance
Phil 2: work out your salvation with fear and trembling;  for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure

9. Prepare – Luke 3 In Lives Of Others
Speak like it is the good news :18 – with many other words John exhorted the people and preached the good news to them

10. Prepare – Luke 3 In Lives Of Others
Speak like it is the good news :18 – with many other words John exhorted the people and preached the good news to them
Romans 2:4 God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance
2 Cor 7:9-10 your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God intended

11. Prepare – Luke 3 In Lives Of Others
Speak like it is the good news :18 – with many other words John exhorted the people and preached the good news to them
Live like it is the good news :6 – and all people will see God’s salvation

12. Prepare – Luke 3 In Lives Of Others
Speak like it is the good news :18 – with many other words John exhorted the people and preached the good news to them
Live like it is the good news :6 – and all people will see God’s salvation
Luke 16:8-13 …I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings…
You cannot serve both God and money.

13. Prepare the Way In Our Own Lives In the Lives Of Others
Ephesians 5: Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity