Matthew 3:15 Jesus replied, ‘Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfil all righteousness.’ Then John consented.

Sometimes we forget just how ‘human’ Jesus was. Let us never forget that He lowered Himself into the form of a man so that He could join us bodily and ultimately pay the perfect price.

When Jesus knew it was time to be baptised, He came to John the Baptist in the desert and asked John to baptise Him. There was no reason why He should do so other than as a demonstration for us to follow in His footsteps.

Christ showed us God’s ways and God’s will during His time on earth; let us follow Him with everything.

Matthew 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

When Satan had given up the fight to tempt Jesus, our Lord went out to preach! When we get down and feel like everything is against us we may find it hard to get up and say good things about God; but all it takes is a foot hold or a helping hand to bring your confidence back again.

God will always give you a helping hand when we need it. It may not be at the time when we want it because God wants us to realise that He is God and that we always need Him.

Our first step must be to repent so that we can draw closer to Him and He can tell us what we need.

Acts 2:38 Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Though forgiveness of sin could never be bought by either repentance or by baptism, Peter lists these because of their significance. It is the fact that Jesus purchased our sin debt with his blood that is important.

We are the ones that have to show that we know what it means, and what it meant. When we repent we are showing that we do trust Christ to forgive us and when we come forward to be baptised we are showing others that we acknowledge what Christ did for us.

We need to show God and others that we do trust in Him.