The Story of the Baptism of Jesus

This Matthew reads, and this is going to be a challenge for us as we go week by week. There's a clear narrative flow to how all of the stories fit together. We're told that Jesus right at the beginning, chapter 4, he was led by the spirit into the wilderness for what purpose? To be tempted by this figure. And so I think we have to assume that this story came from Jesus. At some point there was some dramatic events in his life where this all dawned on him,. who he was and what he was called to do.