We were baptized to pray, to call upon God aright, learning His Word which is His will for us and so leaning on His Word. The Lord invites us ever to prayer. He teaches prayer and the way to pray. He inspires our prayer. He intercedes for us.
St. Luke 3: 21-22:
Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened, 22and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
Luke alone reports that Jesus was praying before His baptism. His Baptism was unneeded because He had no need of repentance, as He was without sin, but He was baptized to bear the iniquity of us all. He was baptized in this mess of iniquity and wickedness, not to baptize this mess, but by cleansing us to get us out of the mess, out of the mess, cleansed in the water, to be His. His Baptism was unneeded by Him so we would need His Baptism. He baptized us to walk in…
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