Lake Baptism
Last Sunday I had the privilege of baptizing Nika, one of our youth at Stansbury Park Baptist Church. It was especially fun because we baptized in the lake for the first time ever.
It is wonderful seeing a young woman in our church put her faith in Christ. We talked before the dunking about baptism. We talked about her being under the water was a symbol for Christ having died and having been buried for our sins. Because I did not leave her under, but brought her up out, we spoke that this is a symbol of Christ’s resurrection and His promise to raise us up to His home in heaven.
The church body celebrated this great time afterward with a bar-b-que, which was awesome. You can’t beat burgers and beer of the root (rootbeer).
Baptism is not salvation, salvation comes through no one but Jesus Christ. It is through His works, not ours, that we are saved by grace through faith. Baptism is our way of showing people we believe in the death, burial and resurrection of our Savior.
God Bless,
kennyb