Odd

Today in Matthew 3 I read about John the Baptist.  Now this dude was lit.  He wore camel skin and ate honey and locust.  He didn’t cut his hair and he was the announcer for Jesus.

If you read your Bible there is no way to take John the Baptist any other way.  You can not coat or cover up this man, he was the bringer of news about the upcoming events.  He also was the spokesperson for calling it like it is.  He called out the local pastors at that time calling them a brood of vipers, he said that if anyone doesn’t bare fruit that you’ll be cut down and burned up.  He talked about judgement and how it’s coming.

This dude was God breathed and God sent.  How come we never talk about him in church?  I have my opinion, I think because he hits a little too close to home.  He points out a lot of obvious things wrong with the local Jewish leaders as well as their followers during his time, and I think not much has changed within the Christian Church since then.

So here’s a little bit of what John said to the people, and I think you should take it literally and apply it to the culture of Christians and the leaders who preach to them.

“But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father,' for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham. Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭3:7-10‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Have a great day everyone!  Don’t be like the brood of vipers that John called out! 😁

And go read the whole chapter!