tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388913446076122152.post401734044504525010..comments2023-05-06T11:17:25.220-05:00Comments on Refractions and Reflections: Prepare the Way for the LordMelodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16903490863599975122noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388913446076122152.post-20374795247168306482009-08-29T00:12:05.139-05:002009-08-29T00:12:05.139-05:00Alex - I never realized that about John's bapt...Alex - I never realized that about John's baptism, but you're right. That causes that passage to make so much more sense! <br /><br />And I would like to add one more thought to my post. We can "prepare the way for the Lord" to move in different areas of our lives. We can repent of how we have handled our finances; we can repent of how we have gotten along with different people; we can repent of how we have managed our time; and so on. As we repent in one area, God is freed then to come in and redeem that area of our life.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903490863599975122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7388913446076122152.post-77092184586549605502009-07-17T06:37:39.631-05:002009-07-17T06:37:39.631-05:00I must say i love your stuff. I agree too which i...I must say i love your stuff. I agree too which is also cool. Joel 2 talks about that. It says in verse 12-18 it say things like return to me... rend your hearts not your garments.... consecrate a fast and let ministers weep between porch and alter... But verse 18 is awesome; The the Lord will be zealous for the land and have pitty on His people. But just a funny note, there was only one kind of baptism at the time of John. It was a prosthelyte baptism (the act of Gentiles becoming in a sence Jews, THey know the law and the were circumcised and were now renouncing everything else besides Jewish law.) So its grerat because John is screaming repent, the Pharsies are like we dont need to become jews we already are jews (sons of abraham). John points to the gentiles there and says dont say that because God can raise sons of abraham out of these stones.Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14955385751628948389noreply@blogger.com