October 2

Luke 1; John 1
I find it interesting that John and Jesus are cousins, yet John didn’t know Jesus before He came to be baptized.  We do get one clue, in that John was raised in the wilderness.  It just seems odd to me that as close as Mary and Elizabeth appear to be that they seem to have broken off relations for three decades.  I wonder what happened?  Did they have a falling out?  Perhaps Elizabeth died.  I don’t really have any idea.  But, I do know that when John saw Jesus approaching he knew that He was the chosen One, the Messiah!  The Lord was requesting baptism from John to fulfill all righteousness, which leads to my next question.  Why do some resist baptism?  It just seems to me that any believer would want to follow the Lord’s example.  I understand that baptism isn’t the saving agent, just as prayer, serving, teaching, etc. aren’t.  These are simply things Jesus did, and we strive to follow His example.  So, what makes baptism any different?