By: Thomas F. Booher The following is taken from notes from a sermon I preached on 8-8-21. I. QUESTION TO EXPLORE: Why would Jesus submit to a baptism of REPENTANCE? A. We’ve seen how John affirms His unworthiness to unlatch Jesus’ shoe, much less baptize Him. 1. John says in Mt. 3:14 “I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?” to which Jesus says, “Permit it to be so no, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” 2. So, certainly Jesus had no sin to repent of, but this fulfilled righteousness, by Jesus identifying with His people in their baptism , that He would be condemned in their place as a law-breaker. 3. Just as Jesus is without sin yet must come to the cross to atone for His people’s sin, He is without need of repentance yet must come to the baptism of repentance in order to identify with His people . 4. But also Jesus submits to this baptism b/c, at this moment, we
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