For many, the basics of Christianity revolve around a set of rules that we must follow. The rules may differ from church to church and location to location, but that's the gist. Follow the rules and you'll be a good person. Well, in Satan's attempt to tempt Jesus to sin while out in the desert, we see that the "rules" have little to do with Satan's agenda and much more to do with our appetites.

Baptism can be something we take for granted today as normal. Christians have practiced baptism for thousands of years and we can forget just how odd it would have been. Even still, to read of the baptism of Jesus seems to be out of place. It doesn't seem to fit what we know about baptism and about Jesus. However when you understand that baptism is about more than the moment, but a bigger story---you begin to understand why Jesus came to the water.