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The Baptism of Jesus brings the manifestation of The Trinity in my view ------The Father confirming the Son to be Mediator --the Son entering the formal manner of doing God's work by and through the Holy Spirit who descended upon Him -----Jesus was sinless He Humbled Himself to be baptised to show the people who were sinners how they can receive righteousness thought true repentance ---- and be cleansed ----
After Jesus dies -----we have to receive Him in our hearts and the Holy Spirit comes on the inside of us ------to be righteous ---no Religion of Christianity can give you that ----It's a personal decision
As Mystic points out ---Jesus Ministry did not start until He was Baptized by John The Baptist and Anointed to proceed ----
The Title of this Post is this -------Why Do We Have to Believe Jesus is Fully God and Fully Human to be a Christian?
All this being said above----The Word Christian or the Religion of Christianity has nothing to do with Jesus or who or what He was or is -----anyone can say they are Christian or they belong to the Religion of Christianity -------
God has no Religion --Jesus never ever said that His Religion was Christianity or Judaism - Jesus came under the Law He came to fulfil the law ---He kept the Jewish holidays etc but He never said in any scripture that Judaism was His Religion ------Jesus came to introduce a New Covenant which was a new way -----which was the Gospel of the Good News ---which had nothing to do with any man made Religion called Judaism or anything else
You either Believe Jesus was Fully Human and Fully God when He walked this earth or you don't ---Christ means anointed one ------Jesus had to be anointed to carry out His Ministry --Jesus did nothing until He was Baptized and was anointed by the Holy Spirit -----and we can't either -----saying we are a Christian holds no weight when it comes to was Jesus was fully human and fully God -- Belief or unbelief holds all the weight in this matter not religion --
This is the rest of the scripture AMP----from verse 15 to 17
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+3&version=AMP
15 But Jesus replied to him, “Permit it just now; for this is the fitting way for us [k]to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John permitted [it and baptized] Him.
16 After Jesus was baptized, He came up immediately out of the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he (John) saw the [l]Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him (Jesus),
17 and behold, a [m]voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased and delighted!”
Footnotes for this scripture -----
After Jesus dies -----we have to receive Him in our hearts and the Holy Spirit comes on the inside of us ------to be righteous ---no Religion of Christianity can give you that ----It's a personal decision
As Mystic points out ---Jesus Ministry did not start until He was Baptized by John The Baptist and Anointed to proceed ----
The Title of this Post is this -------Why Do We Have to Believe Jesus is Fully God and Fully Human to be a Christian?
All this being said above----The Word Christian or the Religion of Christianity has nothing to do with Jesus or who or what He was or is -----anyone can say they are Christian or they belong to the Religion of Christianity -------
God has no Religion --Jesus never ever said that His Religion was Christianity or Judaism - Jesus came under the Law He came to fulfil the law ---He kept the Jewish holidays etc but He never said in any scripture that Judaism was His Religion ------Jesus came to introduce a New Covenant which was a new way -----which was the Gospel of the Good News ---which had nothing to do with any man made Religion called Judaism or anything else
You either Believe Jesus was Fully Human and Fully God when He walked this earth or you don't ---Christ means anointed one ------Jesus had to be anointed to carry out His Ministry --Jesus did nothing until He was Baptized and was anointed by the Holy Spirit -----and we can't either -----saying we are a Christian holds no weight when it comes to was Jesus was fully human and fully God -- Belief or unbelief holds all the weight in this matter not religion --
This is the rest of the scripture AMP----from verse 15 to 17
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+3&version=AMP
15 But Jesus replied to him, “Permit it just now; for this is the fitting way for us [k]to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John permitted [it and baptized] Him.
16 After Jesus was baptized, He came up immediately out of the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he (John) saw the [l]Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him (Jesus),
17 and behold, a [m]voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased and delighted!”
Footnotes for this scripture -----
- Matthew 3:15 This act of baptism identified Jesus with sinners whose sins He would ultimately bear, and to whom His righteousness would be imparted.
- Matthew 3:16 The descent of the Holy Spirit identified Jesus in His humanity for His ministry as the Messiah.
- Matthew 3:17 This is the first instance recorded in the Gospels of the Father speaking audibly to His Son. Also see Matt 17:5; Mark 1:11; 9:7; Luke 3:22; 9:35; John 12:28.