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LESSON 6: JESUS IS BAPTIZED BYJOHN THE BAPTIST
UNIT 3: JESUS PREPARES FOR
HIS MISSION
SECOND QUARTER
SY 2012-2013
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THINK PAIR SHARE1. Look for a partner.
2. Answer the following questions with your partner:
Give three things that you do to prepare for school.
Why do I need to do these things before going to
school?
3. Share your answer and listen to your partner
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SHORT CLASS DISCUSSION
Why is it important to make preparations? Who helps you prepare your things? What
does he or she do to help you?
Before going to his public ministry do you thinkJesus also needed to make preparations? Why?
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WE CONNECTToday we will know what Jesus did before He went on
His public ministry. Jesus knew that he couldnt fulfill
his mission without making such necessary
preparations. Like us, He was also helped by someone
to prepare Himself for his mission. John the Baptist,His cousin, had a very important task to do so that the
work of Jesus could be fulfilled.
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THE BAPTISM OF JESUS
Watch the video.
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DISCUSSION AFTER THE VIDEO
What is the video all about?Why do you think Jesus asked John the Baptist
to baptize Him?
What did God the Father say after Jesus was
baptized? What did the God the Father mean
when He said that?
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A. Why did Jesus need to bebaptized?
People came to John to be baptized as a sign ofrepentance. To be truly one with us and to be
like us even in our weakness, Jesus received the
same baptism. He wanted to fully embrace our
humanity, our failures, and our struggles.
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A. Why did Jesus need to bebaptized?
To be strengthened by the Power of the Holy
Spirit and the love of the Father
To be obedient in following the will of His
Father
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A. Why did Jesus need to bebaptized?
To show us an example of great humility He allowed
Himself to be baptized by John. John baptized so that
people could admit their mistakes and to repent from
their sins. Jesus did not do anything wrong, he did not
commit any sin but because he knows his Fathers will,he humbly accepted it for the sake of his mission.
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SHORT REVIEW ABOUT JOHN THEBAPTIST
Who is John the Baptist?
How can you describe John the
Baptist?How is he related to Jesus?
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In due time, John the Baptist appeared.
He was...
the prophet foretold by the prophet Isaiah.
the last prophet.
a prophet because he spoke in Gods nameand foretold the coming of the Messiah.
a cousin to Jesus and was entrusted by God
to prepare his way.
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John the Baptist is alsocalled the precursorbecause
he came ahead in order to
prepare the people for thecoming of the Messiah.
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Unlike the other men during thattime who were rich, expensive
clothes, he was clothed in
camels skin. He stayed alone in
the desert for many years,
praying and fasting. He lived on
locusts and wild honey.
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What is the mission of John theBaptist?
The Mission of John the Baptist wasto prepare the hearts of the people
for the coming of Jesus. He preached
to them and told them to have achange of heart.
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What does change of heartmean?
Change of heart does not onlymean avoiding bad actions and
attitudes but it also involves doing the
good, which is the opposite of onesbad behavior.
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Therefore, John went through all the countryaround the Jordan preaching a baptism of
repentance for the forgiveness of sins. Many
people came to him to ask what they should
do so that they can reform their lives and
have a change of heart.
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How is the mission of John the Baptist
connected to the mission of Jesus and
to our own mission today?
The mission of Jesus is to give us eternal life bysaving us from sin. However, Jesus cannot forceus to accept this gift of eternal life if we do notwant it and if we continue to do bad things.
John the Baptists mission is to show us that if wewant to change and reform our lives we shouldstop our bad habits and start doing good toothers.
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How is the mission of John the Baptist
connected to the mission of Jesus and
to our own mission today?
He baptized others as a sign of repentance andgrief for the sins that the people had done.
Jesus allowed Himself to be baptized by John
even if He did commit any sin as a sign of his
great humility and obedience to his Fathers
will.
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However, the baptism ministered by Johnthe Baptist at the Jordan River was not like
our sacramental baptism but closer to our
sacrament of Penance because it wasbaptism of repentance.
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Today we also bear the same mission tospread the Good news and to lead a good
example to others. Thanks to John the
Baptist we now know what to do so thatwe can become true followers of Christ.
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Will you have the strength and humility toallow Jesus to enter or will you lock the
door of your heart so that you can keep
your bad habits?
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We Respond:
Today, Jesus asks us to respond to the callof John the Baptist to change our hearts
and to open ourselves to Messiah.
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We Respond:My Behavior Chart
Bad things that I have
done or have been doing:
I will replace it with:
1.
2.3.
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ClosureWhat is the meaning of the Baptism of Jesus?
What is the role of John the Baptist in the mission of
Jesus?
How can we imitate John the Baptist in showing
others the way to follow Jesus?
What traits or behaviors does John the Baptist have
that I would like to imitate? Why?
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We Pray: Give Me Humility andStrength, Lord
Lord, you are Holy above all others, and all of the strength that I need is in
your hands. I simply ask that Your will be done in my life. Whatever thatmeans, that is what I want. I know that I can come to you, Jesus, and that you
will hear my prayer.
Please, Lord, give me the humility to accept my wrong doings and the strength
to face the challenges today. Help me to keep away me from sin and to keep
my eyes on you. You are the Holy Lord, and all of my hope rests in you.
Thank you for hearing my prayer.
In Jesus name. Amen
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