Things Hard to be Understood | by Rob Thiele | Volume 28, Issue 1 | January - February 2022
The baptism of John was “the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins”. Those who responded to John’s teaching “were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins” (Mark 1:4-5). When Jesus came to John to be baptised, it quickly became apparent that Jesus had no sins to confess, and clearly could not repent for non-existent sins. Indeed initially “John forbad him…” (Matt 3:14). Jesus however insisted on his baptism proceeding. Why did Jesus insist on baptism? Why was it necessary for him to be baptised?
John, the forerunner of Jesus
In John chapter one, we are told no less than seven times that John was the witness, that is, the one who bore witness or bore record concerning Jesus (John 1:7 (twice),8,15,19,32,34).
There is no doubt that John’s powerful testimony bore bountiful fruit. Near the…
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