Jesus' First 100 Days: Jesus' Baptism
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This series will look at Jesus' First 100 Days of ministry, exploring His priorities and presenting a challenge to make His priorities our priorities in 2017. This first sermon will look at Jesus' Baptism.
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Jesus' First 100 Days: Jesus' Baptism
- 2. Get Americans back to work. Protect their savings. Create prosperity. Get industry and agriculture back on their feet.
- 7. Matthew 3 13 Then Jesus came [comes] from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.
- 8. Matthew 3 14 John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”
- 9. Matthew 3 11 “I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
- 10. Luke 1:76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways…
- 11. Matthew 3 14 John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”
- 12. Jesus’ First 100 Days First Point It was a priority for Jesus that He clearly identify Himself with sinners.
- 13. Jesus identified with sinners. “Christ's baptism might create misunderstanding, just as His associating with publicans and sinners did. He was content to be misunderstood.”F.F. Bruce
- 14. Jesus identified with sinners. “In baptism He confessed, as His own, sins which He had not committed, and repented of them before God. He was numbered with the transgressors and bore the sins of many.” G. Campbell Morgan
- 15. Jesus’ First 100 Days Hard Conversation Do we identify with sinners as easily and thoroughly as Jesus, or has thing become hard, or even distasteful for us?
- 16. Mark 2 15 And as he reclined at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.
- 17. Mark 2 16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
- 18. Mark 2 17“And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, ‘Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
- 19. Jesus’ First 100 Days Second Point It was a priority for Jesus that He fulfill all righteousness.
- 20. Matthew 3 15 But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented.
- 21. Matthew 3 16 And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him;
- 22. Matthew 3 17 and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
- 23. Isaiah 11 1There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
- 24. Isaiah 11 2 And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
- 25. Isaiah 11 3 And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear.
- 26. Isaiah 42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.
- 27. Jesus’ First 100 Days My First 100 Day Plan for 2017 Find an opportunity to spend some time with someone who doesn’t know Jesus and show them genuine love like Jesus does.
- 28. Jesus’ First 100 Days My First 100 Day Plan for 2017 Prayerfully ask God for one specific thing you could do to further pursue His righteousness in your life.
- 29. Jesus’ First 100 Days Jesus’ First 100 Days
Editor's Notes
- When FDR took office on March 4, 1933, he immediately addressed the effects of the depression. His main four priorities were to get Americans back to work, protect their savings and create prosperity, provide relief for the sick and elderly, and get industry and agriculture back on their feet.
- Tax reform, bring jobs back to the US, rebuild our crumbling infrastructure, school choice, healthcare reform, childcare and eldercare reform, immigration reform, community safety, national security and draining the swamp.
- 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. Let me just pause here for a moment. You may remember that I mentioned an odd aspect of my Dad’s Brooklyn grammar. He used present tense to describe events in the past… “He says to me… so I says to him.” It was bad Greek, but can be good Greek grammar. It’s called the historic present tense, and that is the tense used here in our text. It literally should be translated, Then Jesus comes from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. The historic present is used when you want the reader to literally feel the action. Matthew wants us to see this moment in our minds eye, as if you and I were there… to picture Jesus walking into the water – one of many coming to John the Baptist. Then the distant figure comes into focus for John, and he is shocked at who it is. Let’s read on.
- 14 John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” Previously, John has alluded to someone far greater who would follow him.
- Let’s jump back to verse 11: 11 “I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. This verse explains John’s confusion. Jesus is that mightier one… the one whose sandals he is not worthy to carry. And now, Israel’s Messiah comes to him. But it is not only odd to John that Jesus would come to Him. It is puzzling that Jesus would come at all. After all, John has been told from childhood about this most special cousin of his… born of a virgin aunt, celebrated by John himself when he leapt in his mother’s womb upon hearing Jesus’ mother’s voice and sensing the miraculous child in her womb. John’s father, Zechariah would have carefully schooled his son in his role… a role which he prophetically spoke after the birth of John:
- And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways…
- Now, can you sense John’s confusion. But there is something bigger yet. John’s baptism was a baptism for sinners. It was a baptism of repentance. This is more than just a humbling moment for John. It’s an embarrassing moment. After centuries of waiting for God’s deliverer, the Messiah of God comes and approaches John as a common sinner. Why would he do this? Granted, the priest made atonement for his own sins… but he has heard that Jesus is more than a prophet, or a priest or even a king. Jesus is God’s anointed one… and yet He is failing to set himself apart. Which leads to my first point today.
- First Point It was a priority for Jesus that He clearly identify Himself with sinners. I read two quotes this week that transformed my understanding of Jesus’ baptism. The first was by bible commentator F.F. Bruce, who said.
- “Christ's baptism might create misunderstanding, just as His associating with publicans and sinners did. He was content to be misunderstood.” Do you catch what Dr. Bruce is asserting? Jesus’ going into the water and approaching John was absolutely bound to lead to a false perception… a perception that Jesus was a sinner in need of saving. Nothing could be further from the truth. However, Jesus was not overly concerned about the opinions of the self-righteous religious leaders of His day. They would misunderstand his compassion for afflicted people whom He met and healed on the Sabbath as disrespect for God’s Sabbath. They would misunderstand his permitting his hungry disciples to eat on traditional fast days as a rejecting of Jewish custom. Most of all, they misunderstood his reaching out to Matthew’s sinful friends as sin… a sort of guilt by association. But they failed to understand the very heart and soul of God’s redemptive plan… that the Redeemer of sinners would chose to associate with our guilt. That He would identify with sinners and be their friend. Let me share another quote that really made me think this week.
- It’s from another great classical biblical commentator… G. Campbell Morgan, who said: “In baptism He confessed, as His own, sins which He had not committed, and repented of them before God. He was numbered with the transgressors and bore the sins of many.” I have always seen this as something that Jesus exclusively did on the cross, for clearly, that is where redemption’s work is completed. But, the more I pondered Dr. Morgan’s statement, the more I saw the beauty of this drama of salvation… which began with a sinless savior identifying with our sin in a baptism of repentance and culminating in a sinless savior becoming sin in the way that Isaiah prophesied… numbering himself with transgressors and bearing the sin of many.
- Do we identify with sinners as easily and thoroughly as Jesus, or has thing become hard, or even distasteful for us? A Christian brother in our church asked a Christian friend this question… “Would you go into a bar in order to share your faith?” The answer was an honest one… “I don’t think so… I wouldn’t be comfortable going there.” I think that in the typical evangelical church this would be the majority answer. Either I wouldn’t feel comfortable or “I don’t want to cause anyone to stumble.” It seems to me that Jesus was far more comfortable in Matthew’s house than many of us would be going with some work associates to Leaman’s or Barney’s. And Matthew’s house would have been a far worse environment than any pub in town. Jesus seemed less concerned about His reputation than we are about ours. He seemed far more comfortable around sinners. Why? Because he loved them and they were at the very heart of His mission.
- Mark 2 15 And as he reclined at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.
- 16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
- 17“And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, ‘Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.” Imagine for a moment if a doctor was a germophobe and absolutely refused to be in he room with sick people. He wouldn’t be much of a doctor, would he? We are called to love and serve sinners. And when we refuse to spend our time with people of questionable character and behavior, we become just as ridiculous. A Christian who will not identify closely with sinners fails to understand Jesus’ baptism, where he joined sinners, nor do can they understand His cross where He who never sinned shouldered our sin and born its shame fully and completely.
- Second Point It was a priority for Jesus that He fulfill all righteousness. Typically, in Matthew’s gospel, this word translated fulfill is used to point to the fulfillment of Messianic prophecies. But herein lies a point of confusion. Where in the Old Testament is their a prophecy that the Messiah would be baptized? Most Jews were not baptized. Baptism was part of the process of becoming a Jewish convert. Gentiles who embraced Judaism were baptized. But those born into the Jewish commonwealth, like Jesus, were not baptized. John’s baptism was a recent innovation. He connected baptism to repentance. In essence, he called the Jewish community to return to God. But, baptism was not typically an expected milestone for one born into Judaism. Let’s look more closely at the account of Jesus’ baptism and see if we can understand this odd reference to a fulfilling of all righteousness.
- 15 But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented.
- 16 And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him;
- 17 and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
- Isaiah 11 1There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
- 2 And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
- 3 And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear.
- Isaiah 42:1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.
- Find an opportunity to spend some time with someone who doesn’t know Jesus and show them genuine love like Jesus does.
- Prayerfully ask God for one specific thing you could do to further pursue His righteousness in your life.