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The best person to answer the first posters question is Jesus, the author of our faith (the Word of God)...Heb 12:2 Jesus himself answers your question as to "why" he was baptized at Matthew 3:15. He's teaching us by example to 'fulfill all righteousness'. But remember, baptism doesn't signify a putting away of the filthiness of the flesh, but the answer of a right conscience before God. 1 Pet 3:21

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