What was the result of this message?
Answer
"Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan, and were baptized
of him in Jordan, confessing their sins." Verses 5, 6.
NOTE - There was a genuine work of repentance and reform. John was not satisfied with a mere
profession of religion. He told the Pharisees and Sadducees who came to his baptism, to "bring forth fruits"
answerable to an "amendment of life." He wished to see religion in the life, the heart, the home. Thus he
prepared a people for Christ's first advent.
What, therefore, must he the character of His Word?
Why did God command Israel to hallow the Sabbath?
What name is given to the third state of the church?
What takes place under the sixth plague?
Why did God give His only begotten Son to the world?
6. Under the theocracy of Israel, what was the law concerning witches' and those who had familiar spirits?
Why was this to be?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle