12/27 Senior & Junior High BFC "A Voice in the Desert"

Lesson

• Review
• Read Matthew 3:1-3. Remember our first lesson? Things have come full circle.
• Read Matthew 3:4-10. So John wasn’t politically correct. What is his beef with the Pharisees and Sadducees?
• Read Matthew 3:11-12. I’m good, but someone will be greater.
• Read Matthew 3:13-17. Why did Jesus get baptized?
• Remember, John the Baptist, considered by Jesus the greatest among men, in his darkest hour wanted to know if what he was doing what the right thing to do. Do you ever get to that point?
• Read Matthew 14:1-2. So we see what happened to John. They think that Jesus was John reincarnate. Wouldn’t it be great if people looked at us and said it is like Jesus was back from the dead?
• Read Matthew 14:3-5. Once again, not being politically correct. Remember, John wasn’t making political stands, he was making moral ones.
• Read Matthew 14:6-12. What a way to go out. What does this tell you about the people who live in opposition to what we are preaching and teaching?

Application

• What aspects John’s life should we mimic?
• What have you learned from this study?
• The central message of Christmas is that Jesus has come to earth. Is this still not the message? Though it is not in a manger, Jesus is here living in us, and will be here one day as the victor and ruler of the world