Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall become straight, And the rough ways smooth. And all man kind will see Gods salvation Luke 3:5
Intro
Firstly this is the work that God does. No man can do it , even if they have the highest IQ & EQ. This is something that God does every day. He performs it in our new birth and also performs it in our walk with Him.
God takes the base things of this world and raises them up to shame the wise. When God does it no man can reverse it. If God opens a door no man can close it and if he closes a door no man can open it.
Background of the Verse
Basically luke was a Doctor, he was a learned man and a devout follower of Jesus Christ. He was writing this book to Theophilus who was a well known person in society at that time. Luke was giving his well investigated account of the life and the ministry of Jesus. In Chapter 3 he was talking about John the Baptist, and his role in the ministry of Jesus. John the Baptist was basically preparing the way for Jesus. The verse above was a quotation by Luke from the Prophet Isaiah about John.
A voice of one calling:
"In the desert prepare
the way for the LORD [a] ;
make straight in the wilderness
a highway for our God. [b]
Every valley shall be raised up,
every mountain and hill made low;
the rough ground shall become level,
the rugged places a plain.
And the glory of the LORD will be revealed,
and all mankind together will see it.
For the mouth of the LORD has spoken."( Isaiah 40: 4-5)
Exposition
This is a visual description of the work that Jesus was to do and is now doing. He is basically saying that Jesus was going to do miracles . He is describing the miracle of salvation and the new birth. It is impossible for us to do this , it is only Jesus Christ who can do it. He was speaking about the abilities and the capabilities of the the God-man. He was talking about God in flesh, he was speaking about Emmanuel( God with us). He is matchless an incomparable. Jesus is the message and power which enables change. He has brought this miracle of new birth by sacrificing his own life on behalf of us , so that God might be glorified. Without him everything is crooked and rough. When He comes he brings a radical change to an individual. Without Christ Christianity will fall apart because He is the revelation that holds it together.
The new birth basically is brought in our lives by God when we trust in that Historical event of the Death and resurrection of Jesus; Believing that Jesus took upon himself our sins, stood in our place, absorbed the wrath of God that was against us.And was raised up giving us the hope and sure promise of eternal life with Him. He became a sin for us that we might be the righteousness of God.The Bible says that we are born again by the abiding and living word of God. So this is not trivial ,its very serious and its a miracle of life.
Oh.. The lord of heaven made the crooked ways straight in my heart, he opened my eyes , he raised me up from the stinking mud . He transformed my life alltogether. uSomandla wajika imifula yazintaba ebomini bam, indlela ezigoso zathi tye.
Application and Conclusion
Even today in our Christian walk, God wants to do this . In some of us there are mountains that still need to be taken down, kusekho indlela ezogoso afuna ukuzilungisa. Kusekhona igrabile afuna ukuyisusa ezintlizwiyen zethu. Kusenezithixo(idols) ezizintaba afuna ukuzisusa. Our heart is an idol factory it can make an idol out of anything. God wants to smash out these idols in our hearts so that we might worship Him only.
Therefore lets trust Him to do this work in our hearts. Lets expect Him to do it because He wants to do it. Lets trust Him to use us to bring about this work to the world. We are the agents of change. Jesus Christ has left us with a mandate.
Let Christ be marveled at and be glorified in our lives. In Jesus Name. Amen
Intro
Firstly this is the work that God does. No man can do it , even if they have the highest IQ & EQ. This is something that God does every day. He performs it in our new birth and also performs it in our walk with Him.
God takes the base things of this world and raises them up to shame the wise. When God does it no man can reverse it. If God opens a door no man can close it and if he closes a door no man can open it.
Background of the Verse
Basically luke was a Doctor, he was a learned man and a devout follower of Jesus Christ. He was writing this book to Theophilus who was a well known person in society at that time. Luke was giving his well investigated account of the life and the ministry of Jesus. In Chapter 3 he was talking about John the Baptist, and his role in the ministry of Jesus. John the Baptist was basically preparing the way for Jesus. The verse above was a quotation by Luke from the Prophet Isaiah about John.
A voice of one calling:
"In the desert prepare
the way for the LORD [a] ;
make straight in the wilderness
a highway for our God. [b]
Every valley shall be raised up,
every mountain and hill made low;
the rough ground shall become level,
the rugged places a plain.
And the glory of the LORD will be revealed,
and all mankind together will see it.
For the mouth of the LORD has spoken."( Isaiah 40: 4-5)
Exposition
This is a visual description of the work that Jesus was to do and is now doing. He is basically saying that Jesus was going to do miracles . He is describing the miracle of salvation and the new birth. It is impossible for us to do this , it is only Jesus Christ who can do it. He was speaking about the abilities and the capabilities of the the God-man. He was talking about God in flesh, he was speaking about Emmanuel( God with us). He is matchless an incomparable. Jesus is the message and power which enables change. He has brought this miracle of new birth by sacrificing his own life on behalf of us , so that God might be glorified. Without him everything is crooked and rough. When He comes he brings a radical change to an individual. Without Christ Christianity will fall apart because He is the revelation that holds it together.
The new birth basically is brought in our lives by God when we trust in that Historical event of the Death and resurrection of Jesus; Believing that Jesus took upon himself our sins, stood in our place, absorbed the wrath of God that was against us.And was raised up giving us the hope and sure promise of eternal life with Him. He became a sin for us that we might be the righteousness of God.The Bible says that we are born again by the abiding and living word of God. So this is not trivial ,its very serious and its a miracle of life.
Oh.. The lord of heaven made the crooked ways straight in my heart, he opened my eyes , he raised me up from the stinking mud . He transformed my life alltogether. uSomandla wajika imifula yazintaba ebomini bam, indlela ezigoso zathi tye.
Application and Conclusion
Even today in our Christian walk, God wants to do this . In some of us there are mountains that still need to be taken down, kusekho indlela ezogoso afuna ukuzilungisa. Kusekhona igrabile afuna ukuyisusa ezintlizwiyen zethu. Kusenezithixo(idols) ezizintaba afuna ukuzisusa. Our heart is an idol factory it can make an idol out of anything. God wants to smash out these idols in our hearts so that we might worship Him only.
Therefore lets trust Him to do this work in our hearts. Lets expect Him to do it because He wants to do it. Lets trust Him to use us to bring about this work to the world. We are the agents of change. Jesus Christ has left us with a mandate.
Let Christ be marveled at and be glorified in our lives. In Jesus Name. Amen
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