ALWAYS CHASE AFTER THAT WHICH IS GOOD

ALL FLESH WILL SEE THE SALVATION OF GOD

(Luk 3:6)

(Luk 3:7) So he began saying to the crowds who were going out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

John the Baptist, a cousin of the Savior Jesus, worked very hard preparing the way for the arrival of the LIGHT of Christ. He would soon be rewarded.

(Luk 3:15-16) Now while the people were in a state of expectation and all were wondering in their hearts about John, as to whether he was the Christ, John answered and said to them all, "As for me, I baptize you with water; but One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to untie the thong of His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

(Mat 3:13-17) Then Jesus *arrived from Galilee at the Jordan coming to John, to be baptized by him. But John tried to prevent Him, saying, "I have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?" But Jesus answering said to him, "Permit it at this time; for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he *permitted Him. After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him, and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased."

Jesus had to be baptized. Setting the example of perfect compliance to the law. Jesus would be sorely tested but would remain perfect and sinless. It was this perfection that would afford Him to be seen by the Father as the full atonement sacrifice. Through His death and the shedding of His blood thus releasing those, who would believe on Him, from their perpetual sentence of eternal death.

God, in His infinite wisdom would give His only begotten Son to the hands of torture and death to satisfy the sin that Adam foisted upon us through his seed. Thus Jesus is known as the Second Adam, the propitiation for our salvation. In Him, we are saved from eternal death and suffering. We are Born Again.

HAVE YOU READ YOUR BIBLE TODAY?