Baptism: Why do we do it that way?
from The Sterling Sermons Hosted by Sterling United Methodist Church
Pastor Bert explores Jesus's baptism in Luke 3:21-22, explaining how baptism was rooted in Jewish cleanliness practices before becoming a Christian sacrament of adoption into God's family. Through baptism, God claims us as beloved children just as He claimed Jesus, saying "You are my son, whom I dearly love," initiating us into Christ's universal church not through our merit but through God's gracious initiative.
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