HEAVEN = WHERE GOD IS

EARTH = WHERE PEOPLE ARE

WILDERNESS = WHERE PEOPLE MEET GOD

Behave

Belong

Believe

PhariseesWay #1Puritans

Keep PurityFollow the Law (religious)

JESUSThe 3rd Way

GOD WITH USAnabaptist

Keep PresenceFollow the Lawyer

Follow the Law (government) Keep the Peace

Liberation TheologyWay #2

Sadducees

1) The religious had made the way hard for normal people to come into the presence of God. What are we doing today that makes it hard for us and others to come into the presence of God?

2) John came to announce the advent of a time when it would no longer be hard for people to find God because God was going to make himself found. How is God making Himself found in our world today? What can we do make it easier for others to meet Jesus?

3) Jesus is that easy way, the 3rd way. Will you follow? 4) The religious were not going to be allowed to control it.

Either they came in like everyone else or they would be cut out. There is no middle ground. Are we a valley, a mountain or a pathway to Jesus? Those are the only three options.