Baptism
“Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.” (1 Peter 3:20-22)
Today’s Morsel: In today’s passage,
Peter compares the saving of Noah and his family by water during the flood to
our being saved by being baptized in water. According to Acts 2:38, we
are to be baptized for the remission of sins. To have our sins remitted
is to be released from the guilt or penalty of sin. Remission of sins is
possible because Jesus paid the penalty by His death on the cross. Some say, “I
don’t need to be baptized.” But we see Jesus Himself was baptized to
fulfill all righteousness. If Jesus, who was perfect, needed to be
baptized, who are we to think that we do not? writing to the church
in Rome, Paul informed them, “Know ye not,
that so many of us who were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his
death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as
Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also
should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness
of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his
resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that
the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.” (Romans 6:3-6)
We can only be raised in the likeness of His resurrection if we have been
planted in the likeness of His death. Have you been baptized in Jesus’
name? Don’t delay your salvation, be baptized today.
Sing: I’m so glad that I've buried in
the name of the Lord, in the name of the Lord, in the name of the Lord; I’m so
glad that I’ve been buried in the name of the Lord; since the name of the Lord
has been revealed.
Thought For Today: “Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born
of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” (John 3:5)
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