Bible Repentance: Path to Love - Robert J. Wieland

committed?” We have assumed that only evil
people need to repent, or can repent. It is shocking
to think that good people can repent, and
incomprehensible how a perfect Person could
repent.
If Christ was “baptized with the baptism of
repentance,” it is clear that He did experience it.
But the only kind of repentance a sinless person
could experience is corporate repentance. Thus,
Jesus’ repentance is a model and example of what
we ourselves should experience.
Jesus’ Baptism Unto Repentance
Jesus was genuinely sincere when He asked
John to baptize Him. When He answered John’s
objections at the Jordan, “Thus it becometh us to
fulfill all righteousness” (Matthew 3:15), it is
unthinkable that He was suggesting that He and
John should together act out a play. Play-acting
could never “fulfill all righteousness.” The essence
of righteousness is sincerity and genuineness. Our
divine Example could never condone the
49