Faith of Messiah Ancient context. Better questions. Deeper faith. Gospel Cycle · Matthew 3–4 John tried to stop Jesus. Hi Reader, People were coming to the Jordan confessing their sins. John was baptizing them for repentance. Then Jesus showed up and asked to join them. I’ve always found that scene puzzling. Jesus had no sins to confess. And John seemed to agree that something was backwards: “I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?” Jesus’ answer? They needed to “fulfill all...