Lesson 4194

(Lesson 4194)(07-16-23) Mark 1:1-4

    “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.”

        Today’s quote relates Mark’s account of the coming of John the Baptist, and his mission as an emmisary from God. John was to; “Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight”.

     In John’s effort to prepare the way of the Lord, he was to physically cleanse (baptize) the bodies of those who sought to repent their sins in order to prepare themselves for the coming of Messiah and His amazing, saving grace.~