READ Luke 3 COMMENTARY: : 3        And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. (859 “remission” [aphesis] means forgiveness, deliverance, liberty, release, pardon, cancellation, or relaxation of disease.) DEVOTION:  John came out of the wilderness preaching that individuals had to change direction with their lives. They were coming to hear his message. It was unique to the time. He was the one preparing for the coming of the Messiah who they were all hoping to see it HE would set up a kingdom to defeat the Romans. They wanted their physical freedom. He was preaching their spiritual freedom. There was a need to stop going in one direction and heading in another direction toward genuine service to the LORD. The religious leaders of the Jewish religion where making it a…