At that time Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan River so that John would baptize him. John tried to stop him and said, “I need to be baptized by you, yet you come to me?” Jesus answered, “Allow me to be baptized now. This is necessary to fulfill all righteousness.” So John agreed to baptize Jesus. When Jesus was baptized, he immediately came up out of the water. Heaven was opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove and resting on him. A voice from heaven said, “This is my Son whom I dearly love; I find happiness in him.” (Matthew 3:13-17, CEB)
Jesus came to John at the Jordon to be baptized. John said that Jesus should be the one baptizing him, and yet, for the proper order of things, Jesus said you should baptize me.
And Jesus was baptized. He came up out of the water, and the heavens opened, and the Spirit came and rested on him as a dove. Then a voice said, “This is my Son whom I dearly love; I find happiness in him.”
Jesus was baptized. To be cleansed? To be initiated?
It is necessary to fulfill all righteousness.
We do not get it, and that’s ok.
We do not have to understand everything.
Follow God and know it is going to work out, even when we do not get it.
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