Matthew 3:13-17 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. 14 But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” 15 Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented. 16 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”
John the Baptist baptized people with water in the Jordan River, people went to him, confessed their sins and be baptized. The Lord Jesus also went from Galilee to the Jordan River to be baptized by John, but John stopped him because the Lord Jesus was more powerful than John, and he will baptize people with the Holy Spirit and fire. The Lord Jesus said to John, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” What does this mean? Jesus is both God and man. He is the Son, one of the Trinity God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. As a man, he must fulfill God the Father’s rules for all people. Jesus’ baptism was not for his own sins, Jesus is sinless, He bore the sins of the world. When Jesus was baptized, he identified with the sinners, thus fulfilled the justice required by the law. Here we also see that when the Lord Jesus was baptized, the Holy Spirit landed on him like a dove, and the voice of the heavenly Father said: “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” Both the Father and the Holy Spirit witnessed the baptism of the Lord Jesus, and here again we see the presence of the Trinity God, namely the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Peter replied, “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. (Acts 2:38)
Here Peter said that if a person repents of his sins and is baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, his sins will be forgiven and he will receive the Holy Spirit. This is born again and being saved according to the Bible.
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