A sermon preached at Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church and School, Sioux Falls, SD, by Pr. Benjamin Tomczak.

"God always had a plan. He chose not to destroy the earth until judgment day because he had in mind something else to destroy: His very own Son, Jesus Christ. John came ahead of time preparing the way for this, preparing the royal highway by baptizing, for the one who would be crushed, killed, destroyed and drowned by God for our own sins. For us. Jesus, the Christ, the picked and anointed one of God, the one God picked and anointed to destroy in our place. The one God determined to wipe out instead of us. The one upon whose body we ride as the only life raft to salvation. The one whose body isn’t just big enough for Noah and his family, a few animals, and some food, but for all who believe in him, for all who call upon his name."

To read more, go here: https://sermons.logos.com/#q=&content=/submissions/125669&tab=paneTabHome&pane=homePane

To listen, go here: http://www.bethelwels.com/home/180012820/180012826/audio/MWAd1_2014.mp3