This week we wrap up Matthew 3 and start Matthew 4.
John the Baptist has been preaching and people have been listening. They have been hearing his call to repent and he has been baptizing them. And one day, Jesus shows up. He wants to be baptized, too. The baptism of Jesus affirms what John was preaching. Return to God. Repent. And it also shows the ordinary people who were watching that Jesus was one of them.
Jesus then fasted for 40 days and 40 nights, as an ordeal of testing. Jesus had to be tempted. He had to master his flesh and not sin. He had to do this part for us. To prove it can be done, but also to remain sinless so he could be the perfect lamb without spot on the cross.
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