Living in the Father’s Delight

The Line at the River (3:21-22)

• Jesus stepped down into the waters to immerse Himself with sinful humanity.
• Observing the Trinity
  
  • The Father’s willing affirmation
  • The Son’s obedient intercession
  • The Spirit’s tangible descension 

• While God perfectly loved all those at the river, He was fully pleased only with Jesus.

The Line Through History (3:23-38)

• Jesus stepped down into history to incarnate Himself among sinful humanity.
• Observing the Genealogy
  
  • The fathers’ sinful decisions
  • The Son’s miraculous conception
  • The Spirit’s prophesied salvation

• While God perfectly loved all those throughout history, He was fully pleased only with Jesus.

The Line for Us

• Jesus came to turn a brood of vipers (3:7) into a family of beloveds (3:22). 
• The Second Adam (3:21) did what the first could not do (3:38), so God could walk with “Man” again.
• In Christ, we don’t live for the Father’s delight (3:22); we live from it (4:3).