I preached this sermon in Dawson Creek, BC on November 21, 2010.
PREPARING THE WAY FOR THE LORD
A Sermon by Rev. Coleman S. Glenn
“And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest; For you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways, To give knowledge of salvation to His people in the remission of their sins.” (Luke 1:76-77)
When John the Baptist was born, his father Zacharias prophesied that the child would “go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways.” In every gospel, John is said to fulfill the prophecy in Isaiah, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord; make His paths straight.” Three months before the Lord was born into the world, John was born to Mary’s cousin Elizabeth; and before the Lord began his ministry, John went before Him to prepare His way. The children of Israel had to be prepared before they could accept the Lord – and in the same way, we have to prepare ourselves for the Lord to be born into our hearts, as He was born into the world at His first advent.
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