TSK · Acts 18:25

in order to test Israel. I want to see whether or not the people will carefully walk in the path marked out by the LORD, as their ancestors were careful to do.”

The LORD is both kind and fair; that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live.

A voice cries out,“In the wilderness clear a way for the LORD; build a level road through the rift valley for our God.

Concluding Exhortation Who is wise? Let him discern these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the LORD are right; the godly walk in them,but in them the rebellious stumble.

the voice of one shouting in the wilderness,‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.’”

The Ministry of John the Baptist In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,

The Testimony of John the Baptist Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him,“Who are you?”

and said,“You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness– will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?

So Paul said,“Into what then were you baptized?”“Into John’s baptism,” they replied.

At that time a great disturbance took place concerning the Way.

We proclaim him by instructing and teaching all people with all wisdom so that we may present every person mature in Christ.

So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.