Pressing Forward

I’m really excited for Chris and Elissa this coming Sunday!!  Both of these young people are going to be baptized!!!  It’s an exciting time because I get to see their faith growing and get to see them following in obedience to Christ by being baptized.  I can’t wait to see what these two do with their lives as they allow God to lead them.

As I prepare to baptize Chris Sunday, I’ve been looking back into Romans 6 to revisit a Biblical explanation of what baptism is and why it’s important.  It’s simply a symbolic act of showing that a person is burying their old sinful nature and he is rising with new life, much in the same way that Jesus was buried and then rose again.  Look at the Scripture:

“Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We
were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order
that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the
Father, we too may live a new life.”  Romans 6:3,4

I write very little today because that Scripture sums it up.  We should rejoice because of these new lives in Christ who are publicly showing their faith through their baptisms!  We should rejoice because of what Christ did on the cross for us, to allow us to be forgiven of what we’ve done and spend eternity with Him in Heaven!

What am I learning in Scripture this week?  To rejoice!!