Oh let the Son of God and found you with his spirit and his life,

let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you

home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible Teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire

Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck continues with the life of

the spirit as we pick up in Matthew chapter 3 verse 15 and now with

today's message here's pastor Chuck. Peter said the Christ has sent an example for us that we should follow in his steps.

And so because he had nothing of to repent, John hesitated, but Jesus was doing it actually as an example to set before us that example and it declares.

What does baptism declare, remember I told you a couple weeks ago

baptism declares the superiority of the spiritual over the material

the life of the spirit over the life of the flesh.

That's the proclamation that Jesus had to make,

and that's why the world got angry with him.

Because they were living after the flesh,

and after the desires of the flesh.

But Jesus was declaring that the spiritual life is superior to the fleshly life.

That's the message of the word of God all the way through. The superiority of the spiritual life over the fleshly life.

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