Calvary Church - connecting people with God

The kick-off for Jesus’ ministry was a baptism.  He traveled at least 15 miles (probably by foot) from Nazareth to the for this event.  It took considerable effort to pull this off.

Why would Jesus need to be baptized?  Certainly there was no need to illustrate forgiveness of sin!  Rather it was an example of commitment and perhaps an illustration of his willingness to be a servant—the Son of God being baptized by John the Baptist, his ordinary (OK, a bit bizarre) cousin.

So, here we are, presenting people who are responding to Jesus’ command to follow his example and advertising their commitment to him!