Preparing the Way
Mike Sullivan
Mark 1:1-11
John the Baptist, the "voice crying in the wilderness," was prophesied to come and prepare the way of the Messiah. He came, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. He prepared the way by preparing people's hearts, signaling something important was about to happen, by speaking of a greater successor, and introducing a new kind of baptism, a baptism of the Holy Spirit.