The Gospel According to John the Baptist: Preparing the Way of the Lord (Luke 3:1-6) [Audio]

LifePoint Baptist Church Pastor Jarrod Stotmeister lpforme.com Sunday Morning Sermon Title: The Gospel According to John the Baptist Date: March 1, 2026 Passage: Luke 3:1-6 In this powerful passage, Pastor Jarrod Stotmeister unpacks the historical setting and prophetic ministry of John the Baptist. As the forerunner to Christ, John proclaims a baptism of repentance, fulfilling Isaiah's prophecy to prepare the way of the Lord. The message calls us to examine our hearts, repent, and make straight paths for the Savior. Luke 3:1-6 1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. 3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; 4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.