Every four years here in the United States we have something that's called an inauguration.

That's an official public ceremony in which the President takes the oath of office in front of a large crowd of spectators.

The inauguration marks the beginning of the leader's term of office.

That's the point at which he assumes his office or his position of authority or power.

Nancy Damas Walgmus is turning our attention to important moments that mark beginnings.

And then thinking about another kind of service, a few weeks ago I had the privilege of attending an ordination service for a young man who was being set apart by his church for gospel ministry.

And in this service he was publicly affirmed as a pastor as an elder

and he was charged to faithfully fulfill his calling to ministry.

Well over these last several days we've looked at Jesus life and his work

before he came to this earth. We've looked at his incarnation, his childhood, his youth,

his young adulthood, his working life as a carpenter, as a builder.

Today we want to look at an event that was in a sense his inauguration or his ordination. There's similarities between those ceremonies and what we're going to see today.

This was a public ceremony that marked the end of his private life and inaugurated or launched his public earthly ministry.

This is the Reviver Hearts Podcast with Nancy Damas Walgemuth, author of Inc comparable.

For February 23rd, 2024, I'm Danagresh.

During these weeks leading up to Passion Week and Resurrection Sunday, we're looking at a

portrait of Jesus. It's from Nancy's new book, Incompparable, 50 Days with Jesus,

and you may be following the reading plan for

incomparable. It'll take you right through the Easter season. She chose the

themes in her book based on an older book called The Inc comparable Christ by

Oswald Sanders. Today we're looking at chapter 7 on the baptism of Christ

another glimpse of Jesus who is truly incomparable. Here's Nancy. Now every time a believer

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