APPLICATION QUESTIONS:
1. Describe John the Baptist. What sermon was he preaching? What relationship did John have with Jesus? Why did Jesus need a forerunner?
2. What does it mean to repent? How does one “bear fruit in keeping with repentance” (vs. 8)? Be specific and personal.
3. Have you been baptized? What does baptism symbolize? Why should a Christian be baptized?
4. What does the Bible say about God’s final judgment of the world? What event(s) does the winnowing, threshing, gathering, and burning refer to in Matthew 3:12?