The Voice Of One

 ^{There in the beginning of the gospel of Jesus, we see a call from One man, filled with the Holy Spirit, showing all the world how to prepare their hearts to receive the Messiah. Today we must read this message and understand how far we have gone away from the beginning of the Great Message of Salvation. We too often do not make clear the fact that there must be a broken and contrite heart before approaching the Savior.There is no premium on preparing our hearts, we want Jesus to do all the work for us while we reap the benefits of a saved life. A lazy salvation. It cannot work that way, the Lord has prepared a table,but we must wash our hands and face before we sit at such a royal place, ALL are welcome freely,  but there must be a preparation on our part to eat such a glorious bounty.We must respect our Savior. It's not salvation by works, but works because of salvation, so grateful a heart. It is a precious opportunity we have today, and it seems many of us squander our opportunity to sit at the table with the Creator and Savior of All mankind. Let us therefore, in these days of shortened time, also prepare our hearts to accept such a glorious salvation and preach this message to those around us. Let not the anchor slip into the sea! Stand up! Stand up, oh man of God and speak the words of preparation for the hearts to receive so great an out-pouring, perhaps once more the Lord may have mercy upon a generation and send a cleansing conviction to the hearts of man.It only takes one voice. Will you be that voice?}

¹ The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. ² As it is written in the Prophets:

      “ Behold, I send My messenger before Your face,

      Who will prepare Your way before You.”

       ³ “ The voice of one crying in the wilderness:

      ‘ Prepare the way of the LORD;

      Make His paths straight.’”

⁴ John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. ⁵ Then all the land of Judea, and those from Jerusalem, went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

⁶ Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. ⁷ And he preached, saying, “There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. ⁸ I indeed baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”- Mark 1:3(NKJV)