Baptism

             be brought) Later in Matthew 28:18-20 Jesus adds to these requirements that.
             the believer: 4)Be baptized by another believer 5)Be baptized in the name of.
             the Father, Son, Holy Spirit According to the scriptures "John the son of.
             Zechariah in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar came out of the.
             wilderness and preached baptism for the repentance of sins" (Luke 3; RSV).
             He baptized people in the River Jordan, amongst those that he baptized was.
             Jesus. He only baptized those who came out to him and repented of their sins.
             Upon Jesus's request, John, who did not believe himself worthy to baptize.
             Christ, did so. Even here with Christ's own baptism we see him following the.
             second, third, and fourth rules. As for the first and fifth rules Christ was.
             without sin and thereby had no need to repent of it and Christ had not given the.
             command of the fifth yet. Here Jesus himself is showing us that baptism is.
             something good and, something that every believer should do. Jesus even says.
             that this own baptism is "fitting(??_???) to fulfil all righteousness" (Matthew.
             3:15 RSV). The Greek word?_??? presumably indicates, in an indirect.
             manner, the divine will (Beasley-Murray 1963). This implies God's own will in.
             Jesus's baptism. God himself endorses baptism again by opening the heavens.
             after Jesus's baptism and says " This is my son in whom I am well.
             pleased"(Matthew 3:17, Mark 1:11, Luke 3:22 RSV).