The cry still comes to each one of us in the wilderness of our lives, to repent and reconcile with the one who is holding the door to the Kingdom. Luke 3:15-17; 21-22 15. And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; 16. Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 - Center for Excellence in Preaching. Luke's substantial narrative powers surely did not suddenly fail him in this third chapter. So we need a different kind of explanation for the curious way by which Luke frames up this part of the story. Consider: 15 Now as the people were in expectation, and all reasoned in their hearts about John, whether he was the Christ or not, 16 John answered, saying to all, () "I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose. He will () baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 17 His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out 15 As the people were in expectation, and all men questioned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he were the Christ, 16 John answered them all, "I baptize you with water; but he who is mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 17 His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing Luke 3:15-17, 21-22. 15 As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, 16 John answered all of them by saying, "I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. He will baptize you Luke 3:15-17. 15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; 17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. Sermon 1/13/13, Luke 3:15-17, 21-22. Clean Slate: Refresh. You often hear people comment on how quickly children grow up. Blink, and you've missed it, and your baby is a teenager, or suddenly an adult. I feel a little that way when reading the accounts of Jesus's life: just last week, we were talking about the Christ-child, maybe a toddler Luke 3:15-17, 21-22. 3:15 As the people were filled with expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Messiah, 3:16 John answered all of them by saying, "I baptize you with water; but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandals. More Teaching Ideas. Watch the video teaching example of this children's sermon and related Bible crafts; Compare another Sunday School lesson on Luke 3:15-17; 21-22; Compare a free children's sermon on Jesus' baptism from rFour.org; Message Note: As with most messages, the details of how you choose to communicate this are adaptable and should cater to timing as well as to your audience Submitted by Steve Partlow on Thu, 09/05/2019 - 10:57. Word to Worship is proud to support the lectionary of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). This adds to our goal of helping worship planners realize more meaningful worship with songs that reinforce the Scripture lessons. As the 2019 edition of The Book of Common Prayer says, 2dexAf.