Sermon
The Advent of Peace
Mercy Hill Church - Cincinnati
Speaker: Ernie Bonnoitt
December 8, 2025 · 37 min
Summary
Luke 1:76-79 presents John the Baptist as the prophesied messenger preparing hearts for Jesus through repentance. John's entire life—from his appearance to his message—was meant to be a sermon announcing the coming Messiah and calling people from darkness into God's peace and forgiveness.
Highlights
John's life was meant to be a screaming sermon to his day that he was the prophetic prophet that would point to a Messiah. Everything about him was meant to scream, 'The Messiah is coming to the people of God.'
To make straight the way of the Lord means to align your life with God's standard, removing the crookedness of compromise so that there is a direct, unhindered highway for God to walk into your life.
You have more in common with Jeffrey Dahmer than you do Jesus. You're not as bad as you could be, but you're as bad off as you could be.