Passage of the Day - December 19, 2012

Luke 1:39-45

³⁹ Now at this time Mary arose and went in a hurry to the hill country, to a city of Judah, ⁴⁰ and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. ⁴¹ When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. ⁴² And she cried out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! ⁴³ And how has it happened to me, that the mother of my Lord would come to me? ⁴⁴ For behold, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy. ⁴⁵ And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her by the Lord.”

Question:  “If infant baptism is acceptable and normal, then why was Jesus baptized as an adult?”

Answer:  “Because John the Baptist was only six months old when Jesus was born.”

I even used this question before.  I’m ashamed that I did.  Many times the thoughts that are in our head can be so easily crushed by a simple reading of God’s Word.  Sometimes one can be amazed at what the Bible really says when one views Scripture through a different doctrinal lense.  The question is, “Which lenses give us the clearest picture?”

FYI, I was in Sao Paulo, Brazil on a business trip with very limited internet access.  Thank you for your patience.

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