The Baptism of Jesus
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 18 March 2022
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
As we wrap up our week exploring the tangible, life-changing presence of God, we’ll look to the baptism of Jesus and how the Spirit of God descended and rested upon him. What does this mean for us as Christ’s followers? Is the Spirit’s presence available to us just the same? Find rest today as we encounter the Spirit of the living God and allow him to minister to us.
Our Scripture for today comes from Matthew 3:16-17, and today's worship is Holy Water by We The Kingdom & Tasha Cobbs Leonard.
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| 0:00.0 | As we wrap up our week, exploring the tangible, life-changing presence of God, |
| 0:09.9 | we'll look to the baptism of Jesus and how the Spirit of God descended and rested upon him. |
| 0:17.2 | What does it mean for us as Christ's followers? |
| 0:21.2 | Is the Spirit's presence available to us just the same? |
| 0:26.1 | Find rest today as we encounter the Spirit of the living God |
| 0:29.9 | and allow Him to minister to us. |
| 0:33.5 | Welcome to the First of team podcast. |
| 0:58.3 | Our scripture for today comes from Matthew 3, 16 through 17, where scripture says, and when Jesus was baptized, |
| 1:05.7 | immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were open to him, and he saw the spirit of God descending like a dove, and coming to rest on him. And behold, a voice from heaven said, |
| 1:14.2 | This is my beloved son, with whom I am well pleased. The baptism of Jesus lays the foundation |
| 1:24.2 | on which you and I can return time and time again to experience the abundant |
| 1:30.2 | life made available to us at salvation. Through the baptism of Jesus, the Spirit of God |
| 1:37.5 | powerfully enters into the scene of humanity. The Holy Spirit's always been moving and working, but through Christ, the way was |
| 1:47.2 | paid for him to fill us and rest on us. Through the baptism of Jesus, we can all be baptized |
| 1:54.2 | with the Spirit. Peter says in Acts 2.38, repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ |
| 2:05.3 | for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
| 2:13.1 | And Romans 6.4 tells us, we were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, |
| 2:19.6 | in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, |
| 2:25.0 | we too might walk in newness of life. |
| 2:30.6 | At salvation, the Spirit descends on us and fills us. He is the promise of God for our eternal life. |
| 2:39.7 | He's our helper, teacher, and comforter while we're here on earth. And he is the one who leads |
| 2:46.5 | us into the abundant new life made available to us through Christ. |
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