The baptism of John was the baptism of repentance. The Lord Christ was not in need of repentance. Why then was He baptized?
He was baptized instead of the human kind in entering the baptism of repentance....
Likewise He fasted instead of us, while He was not in need of fasting, just as He was dead instead of us, while He was not deserving death......
All this was in order to offer to the Father a perfect image of the human kind, and to pay the price of our sins. Likewise He presented Himself to baptism, in order "to fulfill all righteousness" (Matt. 4:15), so that nobody convicts Him of sin .... in order to be submissive to the Law, before everybody, although He is above the Law.....
H.H Pope Shenouda III
Wishing you all a very blessed Epiphany
The baptism of John was the baptism of repentance. The Lord Christ was not in need of repentance. Why then was He...
Posted by Australian Copts on Wednesday, January 20, 2016
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