Ready or Not…

• Life is full of preparations
• The World was not Ready for Jesus (Luke 3:1-2)

John the Baptist prepared the way for Jesus

• Malachi and Isaiah foretold the forerunner (Malachi 3:1)
• John Paved the Way for Jesus (Luke 3:4-6)

Repentance gets us Ready (Luke 3:3)

• Be cleansed through forgiveness of sin
• Bear Fruit in keeping with repentance (Luke 3:8, 10-14)