Luke 3

When all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized; and while He prayed, the heaven was opened.  And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.” vv.21-22

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If Jesus was sinless, why was He baptized?
This is a common question asked by many but you can't really answer a question that doesn't make sense.  The question is making baptism be a washing away of sin.  If that were true than this verse would show that Jesus was sinful, which would then show that He wasn't a pure spotless lamb, which would then show is death on the cross in vain.  

So then what does baptism mean?  The Greek word is baptizo which is transliterated  to baptism, a change of just a couple letters to make it sound like an English word.  It doesn't mean to dip or immerse for why then would Jesus dip or immerse us in fire (v.16), but is an identification.  We identify all of who we are with Jesus, His Holy Spirit, His judgments (fire), and John's identification (baptism) was a baptism of submission (Greek metenioa meaning after mind, not repentance as some translations say (v.3)), an identification of submission that what John was proclaiming the people would submit and have the after-mind to no matter what was to come.  Baptism means identification.

So back to why Jesus was baptized, because He of all people was submitting to the Father's will no matter what was to come for the salvation of the world.

How can you identify to live for Christ today no matter what chaos or confusion comes?