PREPARING THE WAY “A voice of one calling: In the wilderness prepare the way for the LORD make straight in the desert a highway for our God.” Isaiah 40:3

John the Baptist was the forerunner to Jesus Christ; he had been commissioned to prepare people’s hearts to accept the Good News of His first coming. He reminded the people of God’s commandments and baptized those who repented of their sins.

Before Jesus ascended into heaven, he commissioned his disciples by saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."(Matthew 28:18-20).

All those redeemed by His grace therefore have the responsibility of reaching out to others through their faith in the power of Christ. We need to minister to peoples spiritual, physical, mental and social needs just as Jesus did  All our efforts no matter how small, will make way for his kingdom.

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"Social responsibility becomes an aspect not of Christian mission only, but also of Christian conversion. It is impossible to be truly converted to God without being thereby converted to our neighbor". ~ John Stott