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So they said to him, “Who are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” He said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”
John 1:22-23

“Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.”
Isaiah 40:1

“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the LORD double for all her sins.”
Isaiah 40:2

“A voice cries: ‘In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.’”
Isaiah 40:3

Those who Testify that Jesus Christ is Lord:

1. The Prophets

“For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, ‘The voice of one crying…’”
Matthew 3:3

Those who Testify that Jesus Christ is Lord:

1. The Prophets

“The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’”
Matthew 3:3

Those who Testify that Jesus Christ is Lord:

1. The Prophets

“Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low… And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed.”
Isaiah 40:4-5

Those who Testify that Jesus Christ is Lord:

2. The Apostles

“I baptize you with water for repentance… He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.”
Matthew 3:11

Those who Testify that Jesus Christ is Lord:

2. The Apostles

“So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us… one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection.”
Acts 1:21-22

Those who Testify that Jesus Christ is Lord:

3. The Father

“And behold, a voice from heaven said, ‘This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.’”
Matthew 3:17

Those who Testify that Jesus Christ is Lord:

4. The Church

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Acts 1:8

“Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews. But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists also, preaching the Lord Jesus.”
Acts 11:19-20

Those who Testify that Jesus Christ is Lord:

4. The Church

“From one man he made all the people of the world. Now they live all over the earth. He decided exactly when they should live. And he decided exactly where they should live. God did this so that people would seek him.”
Acts 17:26-27, NIRV

“All the nations gather together, and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and show us the former things? Let them bring their witnesses to prove them right, and let them hear and say, It is true ‘You are my witnesses,’ declares the LORD, ‘and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.”
Isaiah 43:9-10

Those who Testify that Jesus Christ is Lord:

4. The Church

“I, I am the LORD, and besides me there is no savior. I declared and saved and proclaimed, when there was no strange god among you; and you are my witnesses,” declares the LORD, “and I am God.”
Isaiah 43:11-12