𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗕𝗟𝗘, 𝗦𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗘𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 (𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗪 𝟯:𝟱–𝟭𝟮) !!!

𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗕𝗟𝗘, 𝗦𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗘𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 (𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗪 𝟯:𝟱–𝟭𝟮)

They are the politicians of the world. They put more emphasis on the politics of this world than serving God. However, the Pharisees were the conservative religious leaders. At the same time they said they believed in God’s Word as it was, they denied Jesus. 

God was greatly disappointed when He saw these people. In God’s eyes, are these evil people or not? The Pharisees and the Sadducees are evil people in God’s eyes.

The Pharisees did not believe in Jesus as the Messiah. That is why it is correct when John the Baptist called them a brood of vipers. John the Baptist did not compromise with the religious men of that time. Rather than compromising with the Pharisees and Sadducees, he tried to turn them around by rebuking them as a brood of vipers. John the Baptist taught the people who were returning to God that repenting was not good enough, but they needed to have the fruits of their repentance, and that they needed to turn away from evil. For example, they have to return and pay back all the money they had exploited. Then they could come back to him for baptism, and return to God.

When we listen to his claims, we can see without a doubt that he was a servant sent by God. About the time that John the Baptist appeared was the time that Jesus Christ started His public ministry. John the Baptist’s proclamation was to help the work of Jesus. At that time, there had not been a servant of God for about 400 years to the people of Israel. Therefore, the appearance of John the Baptist was an opportunity as well for the people of Israel to hear the providence of God and the voice of God.

John the Baptist cried out: “Brood of vipers, repent and return to God. Turn away from idolatry. You need to renounce foreign gods and return to God to avoid God’s judgment.” It was a great blessing to the people of Israel that a servant of God could rebuke and advise them like that. The entire nation of Israel was shaken by the cries of John the Baptist. The miracle of the High Priests, Sadducees, and Pharisees coming to John the Baptist, repenting and returning to God occurred.

John the Baptist testifies about the abilities of Jesus Christ, “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire” (Matthew 3:11-12). He testifies that he does the work of turning people back to God by rebuking them, but the one who comes after him will baptize with the Holy Spirit and fire.

John the Baptist said that people who were born again by believing in Jesus will be gathered as the wheat into Heaven and the ones who are not born again will be separated with winnowing fan as chaff and be burned with unquenchable fire.

We must know that John the Baptist cried out for repentance in God, and that Jesus Christ, when He came to this world, received baptism from John the Baptist. According to the Gospel of Luke, Jesus was about thirty years old when He was baptized (Luke 3:23). Here, why did Jesus want to be baptized when He was thirty?

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SERMONS ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW (I)-WHEN CAN A CHRISTIAN HAVE AN INTIMATE CONVERSATION WITH THE LORD ?, Rev. Paul C. Jong

SERMON 3, pages 77-79

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