Honoring God
Jesus Teaches about True Worship
Live in the light of God (Isaiah 2:5)
Single-minded Obedience
Matthew 3:13-17 New Revised Standard Version
The Baptism of Jesus
13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. 14 John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” 15 But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. 16 And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him 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, the Beloved,[ a] with whom I am well pleased.”
For Reflection
Before the Christ Event, God was hidden, known only through God's emissaries. God manifested in natural phenomena like a burning bush. One assured his immediate death if he saw the face of God.
With the Christ Event, however, the world had changed. God had become knowable! To look on Jesus is to look on God.
Pray
Pray and contemplate the idea that through Jesus Christ, you can have a personal, intimate relationship with your creator, God. Ponder the difference such knowledge has and may yet have on how you live your life.
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