More than just more of the same (David Gore - Mat 3:1-12)

Most of us have grown up in a culture that, while rejecting much of the religious structure, has yet been transformed and is still deeply informed by the figure of Jesus. We do not realise how different everything was before the revelation of Christ and its transforming leaven entered the cultures of the world. If we did appreciate that difference, then we would also appreciate how necessary and important it was that John came to prepare the way. Jesus brings a way so radically different to the world’s way, that if we are not prepared we miss it completely. Allow yourself to be further prepared this morning as we gather around Jesus and hear about John.