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John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan. Baptism is given in the form of “laying on of hands,” and John the Baptist is a descendant of Aaron and the representative of all mankind. When John put his hands on the head of Jesus Christ, all the sins of the world were passed onto Him according to the Law God had established.

Why did Jesus wash the feet of Peter and His disciples on the day before Passover, before going to the Cross? Because He knew His disciples’ weaknesses, and He washed their feet to teach them that all their sins, past, present, and future, had already been washed away, so that sin could not come between Jesus and His disciples after He ascended to heaven.

Since we are born with sin as descendants of Adam, we must acknowledge that we are fundamentally sinners destined for hell, even if we do not commit sins through our actions. And we must have all the sins of our hearts removed through faith in the fact that Jesus, who is God, personally received baptism from John in the flesh, took upon Himself all the sins of the world, died on the cross as the price for our sins, and resurrected from the dead.

The way we can truly be saved from all sins is not by keeping the Law or repenting of sins, but salvation is achieved by accepting and believing exactly as the Word states the gospel of water, blood, and the Spirit — Jesus’ salvation work of taking upon all the sins of the world through baptism, bearing them, and receiving judgment by shedding His blood on the cross for those sins.

Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, the representative of all human beings and the high priest in the tradition of Aaron, and took all the sins of the world upon Himself. This was the purpose of His baptism.

A true disciple, recognized and called by the Lord, is one who believes that Jesus is God, believes in the work He has done, meets the Lord through the Word of God, and is born again as a holy child of God, having been saved from all the sins of the world.

It is a word that God will send God’s servant like Elijah in the Old Testament, and it means that John the Baptist would perform a ministry like Elijah of the Old Testament, turning God’s people who had fallen into idolatry back to God.

By receiving baptism from John, Jesus took on all the sins of mankind, and to those who believe this, He gave the removal of sins. Jesus, by receiving baptism, took on the sins of the world and, by being immersed in water, accepted the judgment for the sins of mankind on the Cross. This is the merit of the removal of sin established by God.

What is the imperishable food that God speaks of? Eating the imperishable food means believing in the One whom the Father has sent. “Jesus answered and said, ‘This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.’” (John 6:29)

Those who believe in Jesus Christ are no longer slaves to sin. This is because Jesus has already paid the price for all our sins through His baptism and blood.