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Matthew chapter 3 verse 8 bear fruit in keeping with repentance.

This is such a powerful exhortation

from the mouth of John the Baptist in light of

reading through the story of scripture and specifically the Old Testament history leading up to the coming of Jesus

because what did we see is we read through this story of

scripture we see over and over and over again God's people sin and they

experience the consequences of that sin. They experience suffering as a result of sin.

They experience hurt and pain.

And so then they turn back to God, God and His mercy and grace forgives them, restores them, and

then what do the people do right after that? They go back to their sin. They turn back to it. You not read just so many different stories and circumstances in the Old Testament like no no I see where this is going they're

gonna do it again like haven't they learned don't they realize what this does it

always leads to bad and yet they keep going back to it.

It's just a frustrating story to read until you realize

it's a mirror of our own lives because we do the same thing.

Somebody could read the story of our lives

and be saying the same thing. No, no, no, no, I see where this is going, don't do it, don't you know.

The turning from God's way to your own way doesn't lead to your own way doesn't lead to your good doesn't and yet we still do it we

still turn from God's way to our own ways we still think we know what is better

you would think we would learn you would think all of us would learn but we

don't and so the exretation here in Matthew 3 verse 8 these words I mean there's

just a few words here, but they're so potent.

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