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Just to avoid confusion, I want to say something quick about that last entry I posted on Sunday regarding Matthew chapter 3. I was in no way trying to say that Christ’s baptism was substituionary in the same sense that his death on the cross for our sins was substitutionary, although I do think the two are somewhat related.

We are told to be baptized and so we should be. However, Christ’s atonement on the cross was sufficient to appease the wrath and judgement of God so that the sins of the elect would not have to be punished by Hell. Let there be no confusion there. When I say that Christ participating in John’s baptism of repentance was in a way substitutionary, I am just refering to the position of federal headship that Christ took. Feel free to email me your thoughts on this passage as well.