rivers of living water

"What Pleases God?" {Matt3:13-17}
* Intro: Why Lord need baptism? JtheB preached baptism of repentance -- nothing to repent. More important q: why Father well-pleased? That q the aim of the walk of faith.
* Baptism of Son
- Arrival of Lord as prepared by JtheB
- JtheB himself doesn't see point of it all
* Lord baptized because:
- To set example of obedience
- To identify w/ sinners
- Symbol of death and resurrection
* Anointing of Holy Spirit
- Visible sign from Father
- Completion of Trinity
* Confirmation by Father
- Audible sign from Father
- Jesus could have stayed in Nazareth. But obedience brought Him to banks of the Jordan and then to Calvary.
* Application:
- We please God when we say yes to His will
- We please God when we say no to world and to sin