Baptism: A Sign of Obedience

Matthew 28:20 | The Sign of Baptism | Trent Hunter Baptism is an act of obedience. That is true. But what if I told you that baptism is also a sign of a new life of obedience? Would that sound like a contradiction? Didn't Jesus die because we don't obey? Yes. But he was raised so that we would walk in newness of life. Obedience has a bad wrap. That Jesus came that we might be obedient to him sounds like a bait and switch. But that is only because we have no idea how great a master Jesus is for us or how great a life he came to give. We go under the water with Jesus in baptism to go on with Jesus in a life of obedience. This message is embedded at the very end of Jesus' famous great commission in Matthew 28:20. This new life is part of the good news we picture in the sign of baptism.