When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they acknowledged God's justice, having been baptized with the baptism of John. But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God's purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John (Luke 7:29-30).
As I was doing my Bible reading this morning these two verses struck me. What a contrast, tax collectors and sinners, convicted by John's preaching were baptized by him, but the "finest" religious people of the day were not baptized. Luke says they rejected God's purpose by not being baptized. Those are very strong words!
I wonder, those who easily dismiss Christian baptism as being necessary for Christian conversion, are they rejecting God's purpose? We who teach bear more responsibility!
Our Father's Love,
Tom
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