Matthew 3

Before Jesus began his ministry to the people of Israel, we read that there was a man named John the Baptist. John is nothing like most people we read about; from his clothing (camel hair?) to what he eats (locusts...really?). John is different. He is also really different in what he shares with the people, in that they should "repent of their sins".

Most of us think of "repenting" as simply confessing our sins. But "repenting" actually means to change ones mind. We should change our minds about our sins.

When we lie; John the Baptist is telling us that we should not just feel bad about lying but we should also think about lying as really bad and that we should never want to do it again.

As we learned about this summer, Obedience is so important to living the life we are asked to live by God. We should all seek to do what is right, but if we do mess up, we should repent (change our minds) about our sins and try to never do them again!