John’s Baptismal Concession (Matthew 3:13-17)
/Ministers do not like to be wrong, and we really do not like the find out that we missed the point of a text. We could say this is pride, but the honest truth is we want to handle God’s word competently. I wonder how John the Baptist felt when Christ came to him for baptism. It must have been strange to see the one who delivers his people from their sins to be identified with sinners. Why does Jesus need to be baptized? Does this contradict John’s message regarding the fire baptism that is coming?