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| Q: | 1. Why was Jesus' baptism necessary if he was free of sin and the Holy Spirit was with him? 2. The Augsburg Confession states that every human is already condemned from the first second of his life because of Original Sin. Why this was not valid for Jesus who was born by Mary who was a sinner? | ||||||
| A: | Jesus states the reason in Matthew 3:15. Jesus did not need to fulfill any laws but he was fulfilling them all as our substitute. Scripture offers no explanation of how Jesus was preserved from sin other than to state that he was conceived by the Holy Spirit. You have misquoted AC II. It says all begotten in the natural way are born with original sin, exempting Christ, who was not begotten in the natural way. | ||||||
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