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Getting ready to receive Jesus. Advent 2011. Getting ready to receive Jesus. ‘ Before we can receive Jesus , Jesus has to do something for us ’. . Getting ready to receive Jesus. Bible reading: Matthew 3:1-12. Getting ready to receive Jesus. Prepare – v3.
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Getting ready to receive Jesus Advent 2011
Getting ready to receive Jesus ‘Before we can receive Jesus, Jesus has to do something for us’.
Getting ready to receive Jesus Bible reading: Matthew 3:1-12
Getting ready to receive Jesus • Prepare – v3
Getting ready to receive Jesus “Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him” Matthew 3:3
Getting ready to receive Jesus • Prepare – v3 • Fill in the potholes, make the road easy, pleasant for the dignitary. • Confession – v6
Getting ready to receive Jesus ‘Confessing their sins, they were baptised by him in the river Jordan’ Matthew 3:6
Getting ready to receive Jesus • Prepare – v3 • Fill in the potholes, make the road easy, pleasant for the dignitary. • Confession – v6 • They openly admitted their offences and crimes against God. • Repentance – v2
Getting ready to receive Jesus Repent, repent for the kingdom of heaven is near’ Matthew 3:2
Getting ready to receive Jesus • Prepare – v3 • Fill in the potholes, make the road easy, pleasant for the dignitary. • Confession – v6 • They openly admitted their offences and crimes against God. • Repentance – v2 • ‘to change one’s mind so decidedly that it has an impact on your behaviour.