Baptism of Jesus - Heaven to Earth - Matthew S1E2

The Church of Eleven22

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 18 January 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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In this message from Matthew 3, we encounter John the Baptist crying out in the wilderness with a simple but confrontational call: repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. As Jesus steps into the Jordan to be baptized, we see the upside-down nature of God’s kingdom on full display—where humility comes before power, obedience before recognition, and identity before performance. From repentance and fruit-bearing faith to sanctification, salvation, and the refining fire of the Holy Spirit, this passage invites us to re-examine how we’re doing life and whose way we’re truly following. John prepared the way for Jesus’ first coming—and now we are called to prepare people for His return. Where might God be asking you to change direction so heaven can break into earth through your life? 📣 Episode Mentions:• Scripture Passage: Matthew 3• Preacher: Pastor Joby Martin 📌 Supplemental Resources From This Week:• From Performance to Freedom: A Story of Surrender and Identity • Baptism of Jesus - Heaven to Earth - Matthew S1E2 (Full Service) • The Weight of Dad’s Words + The Love of the Father - Deepen with Pastor Joby Martin: Matthew S1E2• Matthew Season 1: Heaven to Earth Sermon Series • Deepen with Pastor Joby Martin The Church of Eleven22® is a movement for all people to discover and deepen a relationship with Jesus Christ. Eleven22 is led by Pastor Joby Martin and based in Jacksonville, Florida, with multiple campuses throughout Jacksonville and the surrounding areas. To support this ministry and help us continue to reach people all around the world click here: http://coe22.com/donate

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0:00.0	Amen and amen and amen.
0:05.1	All right, church, let's go to work.
0:06.6	Grab your Bibles.
0:07.2	We're going to be in Matthew chapter 3.
0:09.4	We are studying the book of Matthew for the whole year.
0:12.8	We're divided up into seasons and episodes.
0:15.2	We're in season one, episode two.
0:16.9	We're going to talk about the baptism of Jesus before we get there,
0:19.5	just a little bit of housekeeping.
0:21.9	For all of you that are attending the 7.30 a.m. service, thank you, thank you, thank you.
0:26.1	For all of you attending the 422 afternoon, sunny afternoon service, thank you.
0:30.4	For all of you that aren't, you should pray about it.
0:33.3	You should seriously pray about it.
0:34.9	If you find yourself in a service that's really full, you should really pray about it.
0:38.2	If you had a hard time getting into or out of the parking lot, you should really pray about it. If you find yourself in a service that's really full, you should really pray about it. If you had a hard time getting into or out of the parking lot, you should really pray about it. By pray about it, I mean actually go to it, all right? And if you're a 9 o'clock or a 7.30 or just hold those times kind of flexible. We may adjust those times a little bit, all right? And this is not a poll. We don't do polls around here. You pray about that too. But just hold all of that very loosely. And here's why. We're just trying to serve you the best. We're in movement for all people to discover in deep in a relationship with Jesus Christ. That's what we're doing. And we're always trying to make room for one more. Amen? All right. So be about that. All right, Matthew chapter three, we're going to dive in. We've got some heavy lifting to do it. It's going to be fun for me. Now, before we get into it, in case you missed last week, which you probably didn't, everybody was here. Remember Matthew's point. Remember what Matthew is doing. Matthew was born an insider,
1:27.8	chooses to be an outsider. Sells out his family, sells out his faith, sells out his people
1:32.1	to work for the Roman government to take taxes from the Jewish people to give to the Roman
1:39.1	government to then tyrannize the Jewish people. And then Jesus would love him enough to save him and not just
1:45.6	save him, but put him on staff, call him a disciple and then eventually an apostle. And so Matthew is
1:52.5	writing to the Jewish people to connect them to what the Old Covenant, the Old Testament has said
1:58.3	that this God, Jesus Christ, Jesus from Nazareth, he is the
2:02.3	Messiah.
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