Instructions:
Print this page. Read the Bible text. Fill in the blanks with words from the top of the page. Notice that each blank is for a verb. advised gather received to give would do are included refer to make qualified made shows to save burn preached think to speak did not prepared thought understood"When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: "You __________ my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased." (Luke 3: 21-22)
I. Luke _______________ how Jesus was the Son whom God had promised to Adam and Eve.
A. His human ancestors ____________________ Noah, Shem, Abraham, Jacob,
Judah, and King David.
B. His human ancestry ____________________ Jesus to fulfill Messianic prophecies
about the Kingdom.
C. However, only His divinity could qualify Jesus _______________ people from Sin.
D. That part _______________ John unworthy even to untie His shoes.II. John _________________________ that his own role was relatively unimportant.
A. He _______________ a very different message (v3) than the priests in Jerusalem.
B. The priests _______________ that they were important; John knew that he was not.
C. John ____________________ the way for Jesus by preaching repentance and
forgiveness.
D. He made straight paths by making people _______________ about living a holy life.III. John ____________________ fill in valleys and level off the mountains.
A. The mountains, valleys, and crooked roads ____________________ to problems
that are rooted in sin.
B. To make a mountain low means, _______________ an arrogant person humble.
C. To fill in a valley means, _______________ humble people some dignity in life.
D. To make crooked paths straight means, ____________________ God's Truth
very plainly.IV. Jesus, not John, ____________________ these things, and John knew it.
Now, write an answer for each question below. Try to use complete sentences. Click the answer link to see the correct answer. Use the BACK button on the browser to return to the questions. 1. How did Luke show that Jesus was "the Son of Man"?
A. John ____________________ soldiers, tax collectors, and well-to-do people
with a message of justice and equity.
B. Some people _____________________ the message and made necessary corrections.
C. They are represented by the wheat that Jesus will ____________________ into His barn.
D. Jesus has authority from God to _______________ up the rest in the Lake of Fire.
___________________________________________________________________________________answer 2. What qualified Jesus to save people from sin?
___________________________________________________________________________________answer 3. How was John's message different from that of the priests in Jerusalem?
___________________________________________________________________________________answer 4. How did John make straight paths for Jesus?
___________________________________________________________________________________answer 5. How could Jesus make mountains low, and fill in valleys?
___________________________________________________________________________________answer 6. What is the advantage of speaking God's truth plainly?
___________________________________________________________________________________answer 7. Why did some people reject John's message? (see Proverbs 1: 7)
___________________________________________________________________________________answer 8. Why do some people continue to reject John's message?
___________________________________________________________________________________answer 9. How did John describe the results, for people who receive Jesus?
___________________________________________________________________________________answer 10. What will happen to those who refuse to make necessary corrections?
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