Matthew 3:13–17. The Baptism of Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ set the example for all of us to humble ourselves before our Heavenly Father by being baptized. In Matthew 3: 13-15 said “Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him.”

He did baptized to witness to His Father in Heaven that He would be obedient in keeping His commandments. He was also baptized to indicate to us that when we are also baptized we should receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

It is a commandment from our Father in Heaven to be baptized. The scriptures said “Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God” (John 3:5). When we are baptized, we make a covenant, or promise to Heavenly Father to take upon ourselves the name of Christ, obey His commandment and serve Him to the end.

In partaken of the sacrament each Sunday in church, we should remember Jesus Christ’s atonement as well as the promises we made to our Heavenly Father when we were baptized. I bear my testimony of the importance of baptism, that baptism is the gate to the strait and narrow path that leads to eternal life. That baptism when we are immersed in water are buried with Christ Jesus and when we are raised from the water are resurrected with him.