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Focus Questions
1. What did John the Baptist do and where did he do it?
John
_______the
____Baptist
________preached
__________to
___the people
___________in the
______desert
_______of
___Judea and
___________baptized people
_________________in
___the
___Jordan
_______ River.
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3. What did the prophecy say the one “crying out in the desert” would do?
The prophecy says that the one "crying out in the desert" will prepare the way of the Lord and make straight paths.
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__John
______says the
_________"one
_____who
_____is
___coming" will
_____________baptize the
________ Holy
____ Spirit
___________and
____fire.
_____I_
think this
__________refers
______to
___Pentecost.
_____
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5. Chaff is the hard outer shell of a grain of wheat. It is inedible for humans and is typically
either fed to livestock or disposed of in fire. John uses an analogy to describe the
one mightier than he. This person will “gather his wheat into his barn, but the chaff
he will burn with unquenchable fire.” What do you think this analogy means?
___This
_____analogy means
________________that
_____the
____chaff
______represents
___________the
____people who
________ didn't
___________repent to
_________God.
__________________
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