The church couldn't have invented a tale like that. It really happened. And when we hear the story of Jesus's baptism, a day when the heavens opened, a dove descended, and a Voice spoke, there is no question that God has broken into human history in a profound and significant way. According to the text we heard a few minutes ago, the baptism of every child of God finds its meaning from the baptism of Jesus. For Jesus and for us, the evidence of baptism is found in the way we live our lives.
Baptism is more than knowing that our little sisters' heads are wet.
It is an event that guides the way we live. What matters most is how we live after the water has dried. That's what the baptism of Jesus was all about. As Matthew tells the story, Jesus did not get baptized without an argument. You should be baptizing me, not me baptizing you.