Luke 3:21-22

Jesus’ baptism – an incredible act of obedience and humility, is a model for His followers. Baptism shows us that, through repentance and faith in Jesus for the forgiveness of sins, heaven is opened to us through Jesus, giving us communion with God the Father. We receive the Holy Spirit, who descends on us when we have faith in Christ. We hear the voice of God the Father, who calls us sons & daughters in union with Christ the Son, who loves us deeply and is pleased with us on account of His being pleased with his eternal Son.

Luke 3:21-22

At the baptism of Jesus, the Father and the Holy Spirit publicly affirm and commission Him for

His ministry to sinful humanity. Jesus’ baptism was not an act of repentance, but an act of

identification—He chose to stand with us in our brokenness. Because He identifies with us, we

are invited to identify with Him, sharing in His righteousness, walking in faithfulness to the

Father, and living as beloved children sent into our own ministry.

Luke 3:21-22

At the Jordan River, heaven opened and God spoke out loud, and what He said changes everything. In this message from Luke 3:21–22, we’ll slow down long enough to hear the Father’s voice declare who Jesus is and what that means for us: a faith anchored not in our feelings but in God’s testimony, an acceptance secured not by our performance but by Christ’s obedience, and a salvation held together by the full commitment of the Triune God. If you’ve ever wrestled with doubts about your standing with God, your identity, or whether your faith can really endure, today we’ll find deep rest and unshakable assurance. This is about being claimed publicly, lovingly, decisively, by God Himself.

Luke 3:7-20

Harsh truth can be good truth none-the-less. John the Baptist, the forerunner to Jesus, confronts his audience with some of the most significant truth we can hear. It is hard hitting and designed to elicit a response. Apart from God’s grace we are lost in sin and prone to judgement. More than being a harbinger of hard truth, John is a prophet who passionately points to Jesus; the One who can save.

Luke 3:7-20

John the Baptist comes out swinging in this text, warning the crowd of coming wrath and unquenchable fire. Why? Because he longs for his audience to demonstrate transformed lives that bear fruit and point others to Christ. True repentance is the path to that transformation.

James 1:27

On Compassion Sunday we hear Eric’s story of how being sponsored by Compassion as a child changed his life; and Pastor Matt shares that when James 1 tells us that pure religion cares for widows and orphans in their affliction it is a direct outworking of the gospel.

Luke 3:1-6

Today's passage describes the way in which John the baptist came in fulfillment of OT prophecy declaring the way to salvation in Jesus. This short, historical text might seem easy to pass over, but it’s full of lessons about God’s calling on our lives to proclaim the gospel, the importance of repentance and the difference Jesus makes in the salvation of all peoples.

Luke 3:1-6

John the Baptist was born for one reason – to be a prophetic voice in the wilderness to prepare people for God’s salvation in Christ through repentance and faith, making a straight, yet narrow, path to Jesus.