Isaac's baptism on 2 August 2009
Today is Good Friday, a day where Jesus died for our sins. Jesus, the Son of God had come into our world. No other religion had this before, the coming of God as the Son in flesh. The laws of Moses had required the killing of the best lambs as sacrifices to 'remove sin'. They pictured the giving up of an innocent life so that sinners could be forgiven. Jesus fulfills that. He is the pure, sinless 'Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world' (John 1:29). He was sacrificed by being nailed to a 'tree', a wooden cross. There, all the sins of every person went into His body. There, He paid the full punishment for all sins, so that we could be set free from sin's guilt and pain. Isaiah, seven hundred years earlier, foresaw this suffering for the 'iniquities' and 'transgressions' (sins) of mankind.
He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us had turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53:5-6)
Peter, who saw Jesus die, reported the fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy.
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by His wounds you have been healed (1 Peter 2:24)
He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy... (Titus 3:5)
In baptism one is buried with Christ and also raised with Christs. Christ's death saves us. The divine blood, which Jesus poured out at His death, cleanses us. We meet that saving blood when we are baptized into His death.
And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on His name. (Acts 22:16)
He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the Good News to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned." (Mark 16:15-16)
Isaac's baptism ceremony: the priest pour water on his forehead and I take a towel to wipe off the water.
In our baptism ceremony, there is a need to appoint a Godfather. He need to be present for the baptism ceremony. I asked my brother to be Isaac's Godfather.
If you want to be saved, believe in Jesus and be baptized.
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