Advent | Turn Toward Peace | Matthew 3:1-12 | Week 2

We’re in our second week of journeying through Advent together.  In case you missed last week, Advent is the time in the church calendar where we look forward to the return of Jesus--that time between His resurrection and ascension and His glorious return---before we take a look back at his first coming.  Advent is all about waiting well.  We also talked about how millions of followers of Jesus around the world are studying these exact same passages. Last week, we worked through a text in Matthew 24 that seems like it’s about the end of the world, and we learned that Jesus is calling all of us to be awake and watchful as we wait on Him, to journey with Him and to experience Him in every moment of our lives. 

Today we’re going to start the first of two weeks looking at the life of John the Baptist.  This morning we’re going to look at the beginning of his ministry.  Next week, Pastor Dan is going to lead us through a look at his time in prison---John's time in prison, not Pastor Dan's.   Go ahead and turn in your Bibles to Matthew 3.  We’re going to walk together through the first twelve verses...