The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he was before me.’ I myself did not know him; but I came baptizing with water for this reason, that he might be revealed to Israel.” And John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ And I myself have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God.” (John 1:29-34, NRSV)
It is interesting to me we take this passage as the Baptism of Jesus, but it doesn’t actually say that John baptized Jesus.
It says that John testified that he saw the Spirit descending on Jesus from Heaven like a dove. And the one who sent him to baptize with water told him this would happen.
We assume that John was baptizing Jesus when this happened. And don’t get me wrong, I take the other 3 gospels understanding of this event and have them inform my picture of this event. But it doesn’t actually say here there was a baptism…
So does that change anything?
In my mind no. John tells the story of the Good News of Jesus Christ. How He cam to baptize us with the Holy Spirit and set our hearts on fire for the Lord!
So follow where He leads you!
aSacredRebel 