Mark 1:3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. I. THE NEED OF THE HUMAN HERALD OF CHRIST. Though our Lord came in the fulness of the time, the time was not ready for Him, so far as His own people were concerned. The popular heart was intensely cold and unrepentant. A certain measure of national disaster will bring repentance and reformation. People read chastisement in their sorrows. But without spiritual guides there comes on religious indifference. The popular heart was softened. It was prepared for the truth, and to be an honest witness of Christ's miracles. Here lies the whole philosophy of the Christian ministry. Christ could operate directly on the heart without the human instrument. But He requires of man that he go before Him, and do all that the human voice can do, and then He comes to complete the order of salvation. He gives man as much as he can do and bear in the great work of saving men. II. THE HUMAN PREPARATION OF CHRIST FOR HIS WORK. III. THE SUBJECTION OF THE SERVANT TO THE MASTER. (J. F. Hurst, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. |
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