![]() ![]() John's baptizing of Jesus in water signified how Jesus was and is the Lord Himself whom Isaiah spoke of who would baptize not just in water, but also in fire through the Holy Spirit. Jesus was the fulfillment of many prophecies, one of which was that of Isaiah who said "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord make his paths straight.'" John the Baptist was the voice in the wilderness out to make the way for God Himself. Here are three declarations Jesus made through His baptism in water. ![]() Though the act of baptism that Jesus underwent was no different from ours, His declarations were different. More than the act, what makes baptism or any ritual vital is the declaration we make through it. But what would Jesus have to repent of considering that He was a man with no sin? It is first and foremost a public confession of repentance. Water baptism in essence is a symbolic declaration made publicly by a believer of their death from the old and sinful ways by being "buried" and then rising again as a new creation. ![]() It was so confusing that even the man who baptized Him, John the Baptist, could not make sense of it right away. One of the many things that Jesus did that could be confusing for His followers was being baptized in the water. While Jesus walked on earth as man, there were many things that He did that were not so readily understood by people who experienced Him first hand. ![]()
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