Behold the Lamb of God
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Hymn - Here is love, vast as the ocean (424)
Hymn - Here is love, vast as the ocean (424)
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All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten you, and we have not been false to your covenant. Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from your way; yet you have broken us in the place of jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.
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Hymn - May the peace of God our heavenly father (1145)
Hymn - May the peace of God our heavenly father (1145)
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Hymn - My heart is filled with thankfulness (1146)
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Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. 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; and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened, and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.” Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ I myself did not know him, but for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.” And John bore witness: “I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.”
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John the Baptist - Preached the need for repentance
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.
Approx 6 months into John’s Ministry
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
John publically acknowledges Jesus as the Messiah
“The Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the word”
John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”
Although John knows Jesus
John know Jesus is his superior
This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’
John has an awareness of Jesus’ divine nature
I myself did not know him, but for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.”
John did not have the “spiritual relationship with Jesus” or did not truely grasp His Divine Nature
John knew, however, that his ministry was to baptise with water so that the Messiah may be revealed to Israel
But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented.
Jesus reaffirms his resolution to obedience to God the Father and His Ministry
Jesus was born and bound in the manger as a new born sacrificial lamb
Baptism symbolised the wahsing of the unclean
Sin had to be dealt with
Jesus Identifies with Sinners
Jesus states that we all must comply with every righteous requirement
Sacrifical Lamb without Blemish
His baptism symbolises the taking on the Sin of the People
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;
Jordon - No special water
Baptism - complete submersion
“Dip under water” or “Immerse”
Dying clothing
Ship sinking
Went Up
“rise from the depths”
"the heavens were openned to him”
He saw the Spirit of God
descending like a dove
coming to rest on him
and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
A voice from heaven
“This is my beloved Son with, whom I am well pleased”
beloved - most loved & eternal love
Jesus the Son of God
The Father affirms his pleasure with the Son
God the Father, the Holy Spirit & Jesus are unified in the Work of Salvation
I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’
“He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptises with the Holy Spirit”
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Baptise them in the Name of the Father, The Son & The Holy Spirit
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”
Baptism is a symbol of the inward work of Salvation from a Sins found in Jesus
seperation from the world
identity with Christ in his Death, burial and ressurection
devotion to obedience
commitment to serve Him
Receive the Holy Spirit
this ordinance express their separation from the world, and their identity with Christ in his death, burial and resurrection, and their devotion henceforth to him.
The Baptist Affirmation of Faith 1966 The Meaning of Baptism
The confession sets forth his death to sin, and new life to righteousness by faith in Jesus Christ. Baptism is not essential to salvation, but it is vital to proper discipleship.
And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.”
John bears witness that Jesus in the Son of God
Hymn - O my Soul (1280)
Hymn - O my Soul (1280)
Closing Prayer
Closing Prayer
Doxology(read) –
Doxology(read) –
Give thanks to God, for he is good,
the everlasting Giver:
let all his people praise the Lord
whose love endures for ever.
For his right hand has made me strong;
I am his new creation:
he is my God, he is my song,
my strength and my salvation.