Luke 1:77
To give His people the knowledge of salvation
By the forgiveness of their sins,
Jeremiah 31:34
And each man will no longer teach his neighbor and his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know Me [through personal experience], from the least of them to the greatest,” says the Lord. “For I will forgive their wickedness, and I will no longer remember their sin.”
Mark 1:3-4
A voice of one shouting in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way of the Lord,
Luke 3:3
And he went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sin;
Luke 3:6
and
Luke 7:47-50
John 1:7-9
This man came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe [in Christ, the Light] through him.
John 1:15-17
John testified [repeatedly] about Him and
John 1:29
The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God
John 1:34
I myself have [actually] seen [that happen], and my testimony is that this is the Son of God!”
John 3:27-36
John replied, “A man can receive nothing [he can claim nothing at all] unless it has been granted to him from heaven [for there is no other source than the sovereign will of God].
Acts 2:38
And Peter said to them, “Repent [change your old way of thinking, turn from your sinful ways, accept and follow Jesus as the Messiah] and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ because of the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 3:19
So repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, regret past sins] and return [to God—seek His purpose for your life], so that your sins may be wiped away [blotted out, completely erased], so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord [restoring you like a cool wind on a hot day];
Acts 5:31
God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior and Deliverer, in order to grant repentance to Israel, and [to grant] forgiveness of sins.
Acts 10:43
All the prophets testify about Him, that through His name everyone who believes in Him [whoever trusts in and relies on Him, accepting Him as Savior and Messiah] receives forgiveness of sins.”
Acts 13:38-39
So let it be clearly known by you, brothers, that through Him forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you;
Acts 19:4
Paul said, “John performed a baptism of repentance, continually telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, [to confidently accept and joyfully believe] in Jesus [the Messiah and Savior].”
Romans 3:25
whom God displayed publicly [before the eyes of the world] as a [life-giving]
Romans 4:6-8
And in this same way David speaks of the blessing on the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
Ephesians 1:7
In Him we have redemption [that is, our deliverance and salvation] through His blood, [which paid the penalty for our sin and resulted in] the forgiveness and complete pardon of our sin, in accordance with the riches of His grace
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A voice of one shouting in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way of the Lord,