Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Matthew 3:1-10
by: Patrick London.
John the Baptist demonstrated the kind of life we are supposed to live: one that calls people to repentance. Isaiah prophesied that John would be sent to prepare the way for Jesus-John is the one preaching in the wilderness and preparing the hearts of the people for the Lord. No matter how bad a person is, God will call each individual at a certain time in his or her life. God does not want anyone to be lost; he wants all to come to repentance.
Do you minister as a child of God to those who do not know the Lord? Do you teach them about repentance and about dedicating their lives to God? It does not matter who they are or where they are from, we must tell them. John referred to the Pharisees and Sadducees as a generation of vipers (v. 7). Whether the people you know are vipers or not, God can and will draw all to him according to his plan and purpose for their lives.