Has anybody ever told you to Mind your own business? We’re usually told that, when we have our nose where it doesn’t belong! Well God is in a sense saying mind your own business … but in a positive way!

The Gospel of Matthew gives us no information about Jesus’ life as a young boy or even a young man. For Jesus is about 30 years old when He requests baptism.

But Why? and Why now? What brought Jesus to the point that He sought out His cousin, John, and requested baptism?

• How does Jesus change the way we understand the Old Covenant?
• How does God want us to respond to the Old Covenant?