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Water & Fire?
Main Text Matt.
3:13-17
—> “all righteousness”
—> Jesus takes another step in identifying himself as a human being
—> baptism is a confirmation of our commitment to Christ
—> as Methodist we baptize our infants into the church into the community faith
—> The age of the person being baptized does not make a baptisim any more valid or special.
—> The mode of the baptism sprinkling, pouring, dunking does not make a baptism any more valid or special.
—> what makes a baptism special is the work of the Trinity in the life of the person being baptized and the community they are baptized in.
—> When a person is baptized, they are baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit because at Jesus baptism all 3 persons of the Trinity were present.
—> When you were baptized the Spirit of God was descending on you as well.
—> We believe that it isn’t the water that makes the baptism special but the Spirit of God.
—> I don’t know about you but I’m well dry from my baptism and I was dunked, but the Spirit is still clinging to me, down to my soul.
—> The water departs but the Spirit that is present at baptism never does.
It is that same Spirit that pushed Jesus into his ministry after this.
—> That Spirit that nurtured Jesus after his time in the wilderness.
—> That Spirit that continues to nurture, heal, and draw us closer and closer to God.
—> Today we will remember our baptisms.
—> You will have the opportunity to come up and touch the water to take a bead, but when the water dries and you lose the bead, you won’t lose the Spirit.
—> I encourage you to lean into that Spirit today, allow the Spirit of God to fill you again with hope and love.
Allow the Spirit of God to move you into ministry or nurture you
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