Jesus' First 100 Days: Jesus' Baptism

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Jesus’ First 100

Days

Jesus’ First 100 Days

Jesus’ Baptism


Matthew 313 Then Jesus came [comes] from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.

Matthew 314 John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”

Matthew 311 “I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Luke 1:76

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways…

Matthew 314 John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”


First PointIt was a priority for Jesus that He clearly identify Himself with sinners.

Jesus identified with sinners.“Christ's baptism might create misunderstanding, just as His associating with publicans and sinners did. He was content to be misunderstood.”F.F. Bruce

Jesus identified with sinners.“In baptism He confessed, as His own, sins which He had not committed, and repented of them before God. He was numbered with the transgressors and bore the sins of many.”

G. Campbell Morgan


Hard ConversationDo we identify with sinners as

easily and thoroughly as Jesus, or has thing become hard, or even

distasteful for us?

Mark 215 And as he reclined at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

Mark 216 And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

Mark 217“And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, ‘Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”


Second PointIt was a priority for Jesus

that He fulfill all righteousness.

Matthew 315 But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented.

Matthew 316 And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him;

Matthew 317 and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

Isaiah 111There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.

Isaiah 112 And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.

Isaiah 113 And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear.

Isaiah 42:1

Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.


My First 100 Day Plan for 2017Find an opportunity to spend some time with someone who doesn’t know Jesus and show them genuine love like Jesus does.


My First 100 Day Plan for 2017Prayerfully ask God for one specific thing you could do to further pursue His righteousness in your life.


Jesus’ First 100

Days

Jesus' First 100 Days: Jesus' Baptism

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