Religion: Luke 3 (John the Baptist)

John the Baptist preaches, "Repent!"

Luke 3:1-20

​John the Baptist Prepares the Way

3 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene— ² during the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. ³ He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Multiple Choice

Who was the ruler, or "tetrarch," of Galilee during the time of John the Baptist's ministry? (Lule 3: 1)

• King David

• King Solomon

• King Herod

• King Saul

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Where did John the Baptist preach his message of repentance? (Luke 3: 3)

• Around Jerusalem

• Near Galilee

• Around Bethany

• Around the Jordan River

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What was John the Baptist preaching about? (Luke 3: 3)

• The importance of giving to the poor

• A baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins

• Building a strong army

• Growing crops for food

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⁴ As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:

“A voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
    make straight paths for him.
⁵ Every valley shall be filled in,
    every mountain and hill made low.
The crooked roads shall become straight,
    the rough ways smooth.
⁶ And all people will see God’s salvation.’”^[a]

⁷ John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸ Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. ⁹ The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

¹⁰ “What should we do then?” the crowd asked.

¹¹ John answered, “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.”

¹² Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”

¹³ “Don’t collect any more than you are required to,” he told them.

¹⁴ Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?”

He replied, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely—be content with your pay.”

Multiple Choice

What does the word "repent" mean?

• To feel or express sincere regret or remorse for one's wrongdoing.
• To celebrate one's achievements without guilt.
• To ignore past mistakes and move forward.
• To seek revenge for wrongs done to oneself.
• none of these

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What did John the Baptist say the crowd of people should do to show true repentance? (Luke 3: 11)

• Just pray once a day

• Give offerings to the priests

• Share extra tunics and food with those who have none

• Be nice and don't cause trouble.

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How did John the Baptist instruct the tax collectors who came to him? (Luke 3: 13)

•  To collect more taxes to support the temple

• To stop collecting more than what was required

• To impose higher taxes on the poor

• To avoid paying taxes altogether

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What did John the Baptist advise the soldiers who asked him what they should do? (Luk3 3: 14)

• To quit the military

• To be content with their wages and not extort money (accept or demand bribes) from anyone

• To use force to get what they wanted

• To join John the Baptist's movement and rebel against the government

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¹⁵ The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the Messiah. ¹⁶ John answered them all, “I baptize you with^[b] water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with^[c] the Holy Spirit and fire. ¹⁷ His winnowing fork is in his hand to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” ¹⁸ And with many other words John exhorted the people and proclaimed the good news to them.

¹⁹ But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of his marriage to Herodias, his brother’s wife, and all the other evil things he had done, ²⁰ Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.

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What did the people wonder in their hearts about John the Baptist after he preached to them? (Luke 3: 15)

• "What should we eat?"

• "Who are you?"

• "Can you heal us?"

• "Are you the Christ (the Messiah)?"

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John said that he was baptizing people with water but that "one more powerful than I will baptize you with ..."

• the Holy Spirit and with fire

• fire and water

• with light and understanding

• with spirit and power

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John said he was not worthy to do what to the one greater than he who was to come? (Luke 3: 16)

• call him "brother"

• join his disciples

• call him "teacher"

• untie his sandal straps

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How did John the Baptist baptize people? (Luke 13: 16)

• With water

• With fire

• With oil

• With bread

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What did John the Baptist warn the people about concerning the coming Messiah? (Luke 3: 17)

• He will bring peace to the world.

• He will bring judgment and fire.

• He will overthrow the Roman Empire.

•   He will perform miracles to prove his identity.

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Understanding the Story:

What was John's message?

• Being a descendant of Abraham was enough for salvation.

• Only descendants of Abraham could ever hope for salvation.

• One must repent of one's sins sincerely, to be truly sorry, to hope for salvation.

• Repentence alone was enough to bring salvation.

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Understanding the Story:

John wanted people to understand that baptism must come with a commitment to...

• change one's ways and to live good lives.

• to become Jewish and attend synagogue.

• judge other people.

• work to overthrow foreign rulers.

Open Ended

How does John the Baptist distinguish his baptism from the one who is to come after him?

Poll

After this, I feel --- that I understand who John the Baptist was and what he preached to the people

• very confident

• confident

• so-so

• lost; I don't understand

• other: my thoughts are not listed here