THE APPROACH OF CHRIST FORETOLD Luke iii. 15-17. 15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ or not; 16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire. 17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. CHRIST IS BAPTIZED Luke iii. 21-23. 21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus he was afterward an hungered. 3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5 ¶Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple *; "And saith unto him, If days, tempted of Satan: and was with the wild beasts; * See Nativity, pp. 252, 253. |