The Bible Study Podcast, episode 411.

Today, the Bible Study podcast continues the story of the gospel of Matthew with John the Baptist.

Welcome to the Bible Study podcast.

I'm your host, Chris Christensen.

We continue on with Matthew 3 today, which is the story of John the Baptist and the baptism study podcast. I'm your host, Chris Christensen. We continue on with Matthew 3 today,

which is the story of John the Baptist and the baptism of Jesus. In those days, John the Baptist

came preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.

This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, a voice of one calling in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord, make straight paths for him.

John's clothes were made of camel hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist.

His food was locust and wild honey.

People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan,

confessing their sins they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing,

he said to them, you brood of vipers, who warned you to flee the coming wrath,

produce fruit in keeping with repentance, and do not think you can say to yourselves,

we have Abraham as our father.

I tell you that out of these stones, God can raise up children for Abraham.

The axe is already at the root of the tree, and every tree that does not produce good fruit

will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

I baptize you with water for repentance,

but after me comes the one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry,

he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning

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