This week, Pastor Jake talks about Jesus' baptism and genealogy in Luke chapter 3. Since Jesus was sinless, He wasn't baptized by John to repent, be made new, or become righteous. Jesus is not just righteous, He's righteousness itself. He's righteous not because He did righteous things. Instead, righteous things are righteous because He does them. Jesus is Righteousness. So, He was baptized to show us what is righteous. Have you been baptized? If not, why?

And Luke includes in his gospel a genealogy of Jesus that goes all the way back to Adam. Isn't that strange? Isn't it obvious that Jesus is a descendant of Adam (because everyone is)? It's an interesting thing to include and it's not without meaning. Luke is making a point to tie Jesus back to Adam. The Apostle Paul does the same thing in Romans 5 -- Jesus and Adam are connected! Sin comes to humanity through Adam and brings with it death -- physical, spiritual, emotional death. But life, and fulfillment, and the defeat of sin comes through Christ! Have you ever felt like contentment, peace, joy, fulfillment are just out of reach? That they keep slipping through your fingers? Maybe it's because you're living life through Adam and not through Christ...

This message was given on February 1, 2015 by Pastor Jake Mills at Green Bay First.