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Lightseeker:

--- Quote from: love_magnified ---Jesus was not repentant. That was not the reason he was baptized. He was baptized in order to fulfill the type & shadow requirement of all rabbis to be baptized in water in order to preach. Remember, Christ fulfilled the Law.

But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
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You said, "Jesus was not repentant."  Do you then believe that Jesus continued to live according to the law and not according to the Spirit, following His baptism?  Please understand that I believe that if Jesus was being led of the Spirit then He truly would have still fulfilled whatever requirements the law may have had.

I too believe that "Christ fulfilled the law" (imputed righteousness) even as you said.   I just believe that he went on to "fulfill righteousness" by also 'walking according to the Spirit' during His next 3 1/2 years of ministry.

Nite all

love_magnified:
Christ was always led by the spirit. He was led by the spirit to fulfill the Law. ;)

Lightseeker:

--- Quote from: love_magnified ---Christ was always led by the spirit. He was led by the spirit to fulfill the Law. ;)
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I know this post will be 'outside the box' thinking, and I haven't been here long enough to establish any credibility...but here goes anyhow.

Led by the spirit...or by The Spirit?  Jesus had His own spirit for 30 years before He received The Holy Spirit.  And it was a perfect spirit just like we get when we're 'born again'.  But Jesus didn't need to be 'born again', because His spirit was conceived of The Holy Spirit.  And when He died on the cross that is the spirit that He yielded up to the Father.


[KJV] LUK 23:46  And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. I personally believe that we too can be led by 'our spirit' which is born again.  For me personally I didn't receive the baptism of The Holy Spirit for 6 months after I had received my born again spirit.

Just some thoughts that work for me.

hillsbororiver:
Mar 1:8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

Phi 3:3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

We worship God in the spirit, not by ritualistic shadows of the flesh.

 
1Co 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

 
http://bible-truths.com/email3.htm#baptism

love_magnified:
No he was led by the Spirit:

John 3:34-35
For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure. The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.

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