Saturday, May 2, 2009
Isaiah 40:3 A voice cries: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Mat 3:1-3 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.'"
John 1:14,15 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John bore witness about him, and cried out, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.'")
The prophet Isaiah is clear that the one preparing the way for the Lord is John the baptist. John the baptist prepares the way for Jesus. John the baptist is either preparing the way for one God or he is preparing the way for multiple gods not mentioned in Scripture. If therefore we believe in the sufficiency of Scripture and also that God is one, Jesus must be God.
