Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ

This Is My Beloved Son: The Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew 3:13-17)

What happens at the Jordan is the season’s opening declaration. If the Epiphany asks the question, who is this Child? the Baptism of Our Lord answers it before the season has properly begun. The Father speaks. The Spirit descends.

The Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ: An Anglican Perspective

His Baptism manifests his identity and publicly inaugurates his messianic ministry. Christian Baptism, by contrast, is the sacrament in which sinners are united to Christ, born again by water and the Spirit, incorporated into his Body, and received into the household of God as his adopted children.