Sermon Text:

Joshua 3:1-4:24

Matthew 3:13-17

On the surface these two chapters in Joshua are just a simple story of the Israelites moving from one side of the Jordan River to the other. However, as we dig deep we see that it function as liturgy. Here we discuss the role of liturgy and worship in knowing and develop and see how ritual functions as a form of epistemology. We learn what this passage tells us about God and particular what it says about God and boundaries. Then we apply this knowledge to the account of the baptism of Jesus and examine how Jesus brings all of these ideas into fulfillment and what implications all of this has for the church.