Luke 1:17 “And he (John the Baptist) shall go before him (Christ) in the spirit or breath of God and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers with their thoughts, reasonings, understanding, fear, love, joy and designs to the children, and the stubborn unbelieving disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” Comment: The Christmas story is about Evangelism! John went ahead of Christ to prepare the people to receive Christ as Savior! This is also our job in the 21st Century! Sunday school teachers are preparing the way of the Lord! Pastors, teachers, evangelists, prophets are preparing the way for you! Not just a way but the way! When we do our job well then decisions for Christ are made! It is team work! Everyone has to do their part! A song writer or singer is preparing the way! I as a young man I was not saved yet being in the Body of Christ preparing the way for me! If God would turn the hearts of the fathers to the children we would not have abortions today! There would be no divorce! Every family would have a father in the home! Every family would be in church on Sunday morning! However there are those who reject the way! The truth! Reject Christ! King Herod tried to have Jesus aborted at Bethlehem and failed yet he had John the Baptist beheaded! There will always be signs in our culture that some have rejected the way! Happy Holidays! Take those Crosses down! No nativity scenes allowed here! We will take you to court! We are like John preparing the way for others just as others have prepared the way for us! We need to be more persuasive to influence people to receive the way than those who try to influence others to reject the way! God can equip us to do this! Our Pastor Oscar Cope retired this month from 55 years of ministry! He has been my Pastor for the past three years. So what did he do for me over the past three years? He confirmed to me that I made the right decision in receiving Christ as my Savior forty five years ago! Merry Christmas! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com