Matthew 3:13-17
We have here the account of our Lord Jesus Christ’s baptism. This was His first step when He entered on His ministry. When the Jewish priests took up their office they were washed with water (Exod. 29:4): when our great High Priest begins the great work He came into the world to accomplish He is publicly baptized.
We should notice, firstly, in these verses, the honour placed upon the sacrament of baptism. An ordinance of which the Lord Jesus Himself partook is not to be lightly esteemed; an ordinance to which the great Head of the Church submitted ought to be ever honourable in the eyes of professing Christians.