Immediate Word

Matthew’s brief account of Jesus’ baptism seems curious in a way -- John the Baptist seems quite ambivalent about the whole process when Jesus approaches, saying that he doesn’t want to do it because if anything Jesus should be baptizing him. But Jesus responds by saying that we need to do this anyway, in order to “fulfill all righteousness.” In this installment of The Immediate Word, team member Dean Feldmeyer says that’s just another way of saying that we have to do it because it’s the right thing to do.