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liberty bible church 11~/4~/07 a.M.
By Tom Zobrist
“why did jesus need to be baptized?”
John 1:29-34
introduction
Illus. of SIGNS YOU'RE AT A BAD BAPTISM SERVICE:
1.
The Coast Guard is involved.
2. The service is held at Splash Mountain Water Parks.
3. Pastor wears scuba gear.
4. As the baptism begins the organist plays the theme from "Jaws."
5.
The preacher uses a "Billy the Bass" singing "Take Me to the River"
instead of the traditional "Shall We Gather at the River"!
6.
You keep hearing the pastor saying, "Oops!
Honestly, sister; I
didn't know about that drop-off!"
7. The pastor can't get the “big man” being baptized back up out
of the water and calls for help.
8.
The deacon board shows up with fishing gear.
9. Just as the choir starts to sing, Hulk Hogan jumps out of the water
and wrestles the preacher into submission.
10.
Someone puts Alka Seltzer into the baptistery.
There’s a great deal of confusion in the church about baptism.
Some people believe in baptizing babies, while others believe in immersion.
Some people believe one must be baptized to be saved.
Some people believe we should be baptized in the Name of Jesus, while others believe we should be baptized in the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Some people believe we should be baptized going forward while others believe we should be baptized going backward.
Others believe we should be baptized three times, once in the Name of the Father, once in the Name of the Son and once in the Name of the Holy Spirit.
Even more confusing is the baptism of Jesus.
Was it to set an example for us?
Did it fulfill some aspect of the Law?
Why did Jesus feel the need to be baptized?
OPEN to passage.
*Prop.
*In this passage, we see why Jesus needed to be baptized.
Open in PRAYER.
PREVIEW the passage.
After the prologue, last week we saw who John the Baptist was and what his ministry was.
Today we go on with further testimony from the Baptizer and answer the question of why Jesus needed to be baptized.
First…
i.
Jesus needed to be Identified for israel vs. 29-31
Illus. of how Solomon stood out, head and shoulders above the people.
He had a physical presence that made him superior.
Jesus didn’t have that.
He looked like a regular guy.
Is. 53:1-2 says, /Who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him./
How is Jesus introduced to Israel?
First…
A.
Jesus is superior to john the baptist
John was the most popular religious leader of this day, at least among the common people.
They had to understand that John was not the Messiah.
Jesus was clearly superior.
V 29 1.
Jesus’ baptism by John is not seen here.
As a matter of fact, this incident probably occurs after the baptism of Jesus because John already knows who Jesus is and He points Him out to the those around him.
It’s interesting that he calls Jesus the “Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.”
What was he referring to?
The animal used on the Day of Atonement was a goat.
Lambs were used in other sacrifices but could not atone for sin.
Possibly he was referring to the Passover, as well as to Is. 53:7.
/“He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth.”
/John’s ministry merely identified sin, Jesus takes it away./
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V 30 2.
John repeats what he had said twice before, so that his message was clear.
Jesus’ superiority is based upon His preexistence.
Cf. v 15, 27 Jesus is clearly superior to John which supports John’s message that…
b.
Jesus was sent as Israel’s messiah
V 31a 1.
Even though John and Jesus were related, there is no Biblical evidence that there was any childhood contact between the two.
All John knew…
V 31b 2.
John was to prepare the way for Him by baptizing with water and through John’s ministry Jesus would be revealed to Israel.
*Trans.
*JESUS NEEDED TO BE IDENTIFIED FOR ISRAEL and John was the man to point Him out.
How did He know Him?* *
ii.
jesus was identified for john vs. 32-34
Illus. of meeting a distant cousin at a game last summer in Baltimore.
I wouldn’t have known him had he not identified himself.
The same is true for Jesus and John.
Jesus had to be identified for John.
a.
Jesus was baptized with water by john
V 32- 1.
John was told by God that the confirmation sign as to who the Messiah was would be the Holy Spirit, taking
33 physical form, descending upon a Man.
This Man would be the Savior, the One who would baptize with the H.S. (We’ll talk about that in a minute.)
What about Jesus’ baptism by John?
2.
Cf.
Matt.
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