{"id":12193,"date":"2020-01-18T14:04:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T12:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=12193"},"modified":"2020-01-18T14:04:03","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T12:04:03","slug":"why-did-jesus-need-to-get-baptized-if-he-was-sinless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/why-did-jesus-need-to-get-baptized-if-he-was-sinless\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Did Jesus Need to Get Baptized if He Was Sinless?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>John came with a baptism of repentance, yet Jesus wanted to be baptized by John. If Jesus didn&#8217;t need to repent, then why did John baptize him?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Episode resources<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Not-Hinder-Them-Examination-Conversion\/dp\/1541097696\/ref=as_li_ss_il?keywords=Justin+Peters&amp;qid=1579344412&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1&amp;linkCode=li3&amp;tag=sukfam-20&amp;linkId=57ea2eb30ec875556cce5287af2ceb56&amp;language=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=1541097696&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=sukfam-20&amp;language=en_US\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=sukfam-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li3&amp;o=1&amp;a=1541097696\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Believers-Baptism-Covenant-Studies-Theology\/dp\/0805432493\/ref=as_li_ss_il?keywords=believers+baptism&amp;qid=1579348146&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1&amp;linkCode=li3&amp;tag=sukfam-20&amp;linkId=5571ffce9e2384841c1552c989ab74a1&amp;language=en_US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=0805432493&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=sukfam-20&amp;language=en_US\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=sukfam-20&amp;language=en_US&amp;l=li3&amp;o=1&amp;a=0805432493\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In this podcast episode I also share with you a few ministry updates and talk about the holiday of &#8220;Baptism&#8221; on January 19th here in Ukraine.<\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FTGT_S01E02.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2Fwhy-did-jesus-need-to-get-baptized-if-he-was-sinless%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/TGT_S01E02.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?powerpress_pinw=12193-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/TGT_S01E02.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TGT_S01E02.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 45:27 &#8212; 41.6MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('12193-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_12193-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_12193-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe src=&quot;https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FTGT_S01E02.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2Fwhy-did-jesus-need-to-get-baptized-if-he-was-sinless%2F#mode-Light&amp;border-000000&amp;progress-000000&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;165&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;blubrryplayer-2&quot; class=&quot;blubrryplayer&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/nowisthetime.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/nowisthetime.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John came with a baptism of repentance, yet Jesus wanted to be baptized by John. 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