God invited Abram to gaze at the stars & desert sand. This was how God indicated the potent grandeur of His covenant mercies. The sin which tainted everything with the filth of degeneracy, and the misery which it had introduced to every human interaction would not be the end of the story. Rather, one by one, from Father Abraham down to this present day, God has been ornamenting the darkness of this fallen world with a brilliant galaxy of believing saints.
Baptism is God’s way of hanging a new star in the constellation of His redeemed people. The Word spoken by the sign of baptism, which those who bear it must heed, is to believe the promise of God. That promise is glorious in its simplicity: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved, you and your household.”
So welcome our sister to Jesus Christ…
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