"to fulfill all righteousness"

Monday musical meditations on God's good news

An opening prayer:

From wilderness to Jordan came

The final prophet to proclaim

That judgment soon was to begin

To punish mankind for its sin.

Although of Abraham’s descent,

Since all have sinned all must repent

And, like the Gentiles, undergo

Baptizing, and their sorrow show.

But when Christ came, no judgment dire

Did he pronounce with venging fire;

Himself baptizing underwent,

The sinless One, subservient.

On him the Spirit as a dove

Descended, and the Father’s love

Voiced his approval that the One

Baptized was his beloved Son.

All who believe and are baptized

Are likewise by the Father prized.

The Spirit rests upon us, too,

Impelling us God’s work to do.

All glory, Lord, to you we pay

For your Epiphany today,

And to the Father praise we bring,

As by the Spirit here we sing.

Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. 14But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”
15Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented.
16As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”

In what ways has Jesus fulfilled everything right in your place?
How does he promise to fulfill all righteousness for you and all believers in the future?
How does God's Spirit fit with all this?
God's own delight?