
Why Baptize Jesus? Why Baptize Us?
Think about it; we have just read that John came “proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins”, but what did Jesus have to repent of?

Think about it; we have just read that John came “proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins”, but what did Jesus have to repent of?

Notice, he doesn’t have to tell his disciples to “let the rich young man come to me.” No one rebuked the man or tried to turn him away…

John the baptizer’s sudden appearance comes at a time in history when people had been back in the promised land and waiting for the Jewish Messiah to finally arrive.

The New Testament scriptures were written to people whose entire worldview was saturated with the Hebrew scriptures.