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<blockquote data-quote="BrownFlush" data-source="post: 4620477" data-attributes="member: 65823">I didn&#039;t. Acts 22:16 did.From the text, Jesus came to John who was practicing &quot;the baptism of repentance FOR the remission of sins&quot; (Mark 1:4). The design of his baptism was FOR the remission of sins. Also, the people came &quot;confessing their sins.&quot; They did not come confessing that they had no sins. They came confessing their sins and were baptized to have those sins remitted. This was all preparatory to the death of Christ and the establishing of the Kingdom with the coming of the Holy Spirit (Matt. 3:11).This is the setting Jesus came along and said, &quot;I want to be baptized.&quot; John immediately recognized the fact that something was different and he &quot;forbade him.&quot; Jesus did not come &quot;confessing his sins.&quot; Jesus did not come for &quot;the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.&quot;Let the Lord answer your question--&quot;Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented.&quot; -- Matt 3:13-15</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrownFlush, post: 4620477, member: 65823"] I didn't. Acts 22:16 did. From the text, Jesus came to John who was practicing "the baptism of repentance FOR the remission of sins" (Mark 1:4). The design of his baptism was FOR the remission of sins. Also, the people came "confessing their sins." They did not come confessing that they had no sins. They came confessing their sins and were baptized to have those sins remitted. This was all preparatory to the death of Christ and the establishing of the Kingdom with the coming of the Holy Spirit (Matt. 3:11). This is the setting Jesus came along and said, "I want to be baptized." John immediately recognized the fact that something was different and he "forbade him." Jesus did not come "confessing his sins." Jesus did not come for "the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins." Let the Lord answer your question--"Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented." -- Matt 3:13-15 [/QUOTE]

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