The Real Baptism (4 of 12)
Meet The Real Jesus
Jerry Vines
Matthew 3:13-17
We are looking at some of the milestones in the ministry of our Lord, some of those great mountaintop events in His life, as we are talking about Meeting the Real Jesus. This morning we are going to talk about the real baptism.
Have you been baptized? Do you remember when you were baptized? Where were you baptized? What did it mean to you when you were baptized?
You are sitting in a Baptist church and you understand that we do believe in baptism. We take our denominational name from baptism. We are a Baptist church. We believe strongly in people being baptized. We do not believe that baptism adds to the salvation experience. We do not believe that the waters of baptism have anything to do with your salvation. But we do believe in people being baptized.
If it doesn't add to your salvation, why is it important for a person to be baptized? Jesus was baptized at the beginning of His public ministry. Jesus went down to the river Jordan and there He was baptized by John.
There is always something exciting about the beginning of a life's work. The young doctor has completed his training and his internship and now he steps into the arena of helping people with physical needs. There's something exciting about the young teacher, fully prepared, and she steps into the classroom and encounters inquisitive minds. There's something exciting about the young man who has now completed his training and he begins in the business world to make his climb up the ladder of success.
For thirty years our Lord has been preparing. His ministry will only be three years. He has made His preparation. It is time now for Him to begin his ministry. So at the very beginning of it we are told that Jesus was baptized.
Switch to the scene about eighty miles south of where Jesus is. Jesus is north in Nazareth. It is about eighty miles to the river Jordan. There, beside ...
Meet The Real Jesus
Jerry Vines
Matthew 3:13-17
We are looking at some of the milestones in the ministry of our Lord, some of those great mountaintop events in His life, as we are talking about Meeting the Real Jesus. This morning we are going to talk about the real baptism.
Have you been baptized? Do you remember when you were baptized? Where were you baptized? What did it mean to you when you were baptized?
You are sitting in a Baptist church and you understand that we do believe in baptism. We take our denominational name from baptism. We are a Baptist church. We believe strongly in people being baptized. We do not believe that baptism adds to the salvation experience. We do not believe that the waters of baptism have anything to do with your salvation. But we do believe in people being baptized.
If it doesn't add to your salvation, why is it important for a person to be baptized? Jesus was baptized at the beginning of His public ministry. Jesus went down to the river Jordan and there He was baptized by John.
There is always something exciting about the beginning of a life's work. The young doctor has completed his training and his internship and now he steps into the arena of helping people with physical needs. There's something exciting about the young teacher, fully prepared, and she steps into the classroom and encounters inquisitive minds. There's something exciting about the young man who has now completed his training and he begins in the business world to make his climb up the ladder of success.
For thirty years our Lord has been preparing. His ministry will only be three years. He has made His preparation. It is time now for Him to begin his ministry. So at the very beginning of it we are told that Jesus was baptized.
Switch to the scene about eighty miles south of where Jesus is. Jesus is north in Nazareth. It is about eighty miles to the river Jordan. There, beside ...
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