John the BaptizerRead Matthew 3:1-6

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•List all the things the text says concerning him. Look in your notes on his birth to find out anything else and include.

•What was his message?

repent |riˈpent| verbIn Biblical Hebrew, the idea of repentance is represented by two verbs: שוב shuv (to return) and נחם nicham (to feel sorrow).

...a change of mind accompanied by regret and change of conduct, "change of mind and heart", or, "change of consciousness".

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Why did John say the people needed to repent?

“The kingdom of heaven is a hand.”

Who rules in a kingdom?

“The kingdom of heaven is a hand.”

What does a king do?

How do his subject relate the the king?(Write and answer.)

Who was there to hear John the Baptizer preach? (Write down who was there and of

what sins you think they needed to repent.)

Read Luke 3:10-14, and Matthew 3:7

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Read Luke 3:10-14

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fruit. On each piece of fruit in a

text box label some things John tells the people

they should do in order to show their

repentance.

In our culture how do most people decide if something is wrong or right? What determines

whether something is right or wrong?

Right or Wrong?