But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he [John the Baptist] consented. – Matthew 3:15
This passage of Scripture occurred when Jesus came to John the Baptist for baptism. John was perplexed. He said, “I need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me? (Matthew 3:14)” Nevertheless, Jesus would not allow any aspect of righteousness to be assumed or bypassed even though He was the “Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world (John 1:29).
Since Jesus lived that level of awareness and commitment for the sake of fulfilling righteousness, how carefully then should we live that way as imitators of Jesus; we should from what Jesus said, as recorded in Luke 6:40, “A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.“
Therefore, search your life to discover the righteous things; do you neglect any? Perhaps there are none, but if you find one, no matter how apparently insignificant, I advise you to fix it so you will be suitably attired when you come before the Ancient of Days (Daniel 7:13). Plus, you’ll be a better person for doing this.
Amen.
By the way, today is the first day of Lent.
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