04.12.2026 | John Baptized Jesus
Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; and Luke 3:21-22; John 1:29-34
Jesus lived a sinless life, died on the cross, and rose from the dead. The Bible tells us that anyone who believes these truths about Jesus and confesses that He is Lord will be saved. The Bible also says that those who believe should demonstrate their faith in Jesus by being baptized.
Baptism is a beautiful picture of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. Baptism symbolizes a person’s faith in Jesus as the perfect sacrifice for their sin and how His death was the punishment that should’ve been our own. As the person is lowered in the water, they are showing that Jesus’ death was a substitute for their own.
As the person is raised up out of the water, it symbolizes that Jesus’ resurrection guarantees eternal life for all who believe. Just as their sinful life is buried with Christ, the person raised from the water is showing that Jesus has given them new life! Baptism is an outward expression of how the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus brings new life to all who believe in Him!
Jesus obeyed His Father by being baptized. Later in life, He obeyed His Father by dying on a cross for our sins and rising again, so that all who trust in Him will receive eternal life.
