R.C. Sproul
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I just told everybody you're the Lamb, you know, the one without blood.
You should be baptizing me.
for these things must needs be fulfilled to fulfill all righteousness."
Now, he didn't go into a lengthy discourse with John the Baptist on why he wanted John the Baptist to baptize him.
He was just saying, look, he pulls rank.
Well, why does it have to be done?
Because if Jesus is going to be the second Adam, the new representative of the people
He must fulfill in His own person all of the obligations that God imposes upon His people.
In a real sense, He becomes Israel, the incarnation of Israel, and He has to do everything that the law requires of those people.
And so He actively pursues obedience.
His meat and His drink is to do the will of the Father.