Sermon for the Baptism of Our Lord (observed)

. For Jesus, all the world has set up as His enemy. He has come as a king into a world that hates Him. He comes as the light into a world that loves darkness. But Jesus does not fight against flesh and blood. He is not anointed to conquer all sinners, captured them, and sentence them to death. He is anointed to save flesh and blood sinners whom He loves from the true enemies – sin, death, and the devil.