The answer to the question of why Jesus underwent John’s baptism is not to deny the fact that it was a baptism of repentance; the answer is to embrace the awesome reality that Jesus’ baptism was precisely a baptism of repentance, as an integral aspect of his fulfilling all righteousness. Here, at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, we see that from first to last ”the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many” (Matt 20:28). Christ’s life no less than his death was to serve, in that ‘form of a servant’ in which he performed for our sakes and on our behalf the perfect obedience of the law, even unto death on the cross (Phil 2:5-11). Jesus’ righteousness doesn’t just cover our sins — it covers our repentance, too. [emphasis mine]
When was the last time you thought about Jesus being Baptized as a covering for our repentance? We hear about Christ's death on the Cross and the atonement provided by HIs shed blood, but we don't hear much about our inability to repent as we should thus the need for Him to be Baptized for us as well
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