MAKING THE WAY STRAIGHT

                                  

John 1:23                                                            

Pastor Rick Jackson

I. SALVATION IS IN THE PERSON OF CHRIST [v. 1-14]

1. Jesus Christ is the Life-Giving Creator [v. 1-4]

2. Jesus Christ is the Light-Giving Creator [v. 4-10]

3. Jesus Christ is the Power-Giving Creator [v. 11-14]

II. SERVICE IS TO BE TO THE PERSON OF CHRIST [v. 15-27]

1. The Baptizer’s Authority Is Not his Own [v. 15-18]

2. The Baptizer’s Message Is Not his Own [v. 19-23]

3. The Baptizer’s Life Is Not his Own [v. 24-27, 33]

III. SUBMISSION IS TO BE TO THE PERSON OF CHRIST [v. 28-34]

1. Jesus Christ Takes Away Sin (NOT baptism) [v. 28-29]

2. Jesus Christ’s Work Is Pictured In Baptism [v. 30-31, Rm. 6:3-5]

Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

3. Jesus Christ Baptizes With The Holy Spirit [v. 32-34]

Christ baptizes every believer with the Holy Spirit, every lost person with fire. We baptize with water as a symbol.