Why Baptize Jesus? - Audio

On this First Sunday After The Epiphany we celebrate and remember The Baptism Of The Lord, which raises for us the question, "Why Baptize Jesus?" Even John the Baptist seemed troubled at the prospect of baptizing Jesus! Matthew seems to view the baptism of Jesus as an event in which the Messiah stands in for the true people of Israel as their representative, signifying their repentance and their re-creation to follow their true purpose - to bring about the salvation of the world!