BAPTISM IS A SYMBOL OF

Good morning everyone!! I trust it was an excellent day in the LORD JESUS CHRIST yesterday. God is good all the time, all the time God is good. If you recall, last Thursday we talked about only 8 people survived the flood, Noah and his family. Today we will pick up there.

1 Peter 3:21-22 "And that water is a picture of baptism, which now saves you, not by removing dirt from your body, but as a response to God from a clean conscience. It is effective because of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Now Christ has gone to heaven. He is seated in the place of honor next to God, and all the angels and authorities and powers accept his authority."

Peter says that Noah's salvation from the flood symbolized baptism, a ceremony involving water. In baptism we identify with Jesus Christ, who separates us from the lost and gives us new life. It is not the ceremony that saves us; instead, the ceremony is evidence of our faith in Christ's death and resurrection.

BAPTISM IS A SYMBOL OF THE CLEANSING THAT HAPPENS IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE.

By identifying themselves with Christ through baptism, Peter's readers could resist turning back, even under the pressure of persecution. Public baptism would keep them from the temptation to renounce their faith.

Where are you? Where is your heart? Does your heart lust, envy, has pride, or is your heart filled with love from Jesus Chrsit? Thank you for reading today. Love you all.

In Christ's Love and Grace

Johnny