Luke 5:4-6

God uses people to bring messages to the world that He created and loves. God in Jesus Christ will level the playing field and bring justice to all of mankind. Those who repent of their sins and place their hope in Him will be saved. Jesus came to bring “ Peace on earth and goodwill to man”.



Baptism figuratively means “to be identified with,” as an unbleached cloth is identified with the color in a vat of dye when it is dipped. As John the Baptist preached and the people identified with his message, they were baptized as an outward sign of their inward repentance or “change of mind.” Luke cites the text more fully than Matthew or Mark. He carries the passage through to its mention of salvation being seen by all flesh, thus highlighting that the gospel is for all people. The preparation for the arrival of a king typically meant that a road was prepared for his journey. This is what Isaiah compares to the arrival of God’s salvation.

Luke 3:4-6

3 And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, 4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying:

“The voice of one crying in the wilderness:

‘Prepare the way of the Lord;

Make His paths straight.

5 Every valley shall be filled


And every mountain and hill brought low;


The crooked places shall be made straight


And the rough ways smooth;


6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’ ”