"walking in newness of life"

Christians get baptized, 

completely immersed into water,

 as an outward testimony of what Christ has done in their heart. 

It is a time of public confession

to reveal to others 

that we believe that Jesus died for our sins once for all, 

that on the third day He rose again, 

that He ascended into heaven to be seated at the right hand of God the Father,

 that He is one day coming again back to this earth just as He left to gather His beloved 

into an eternal relationship with God.

Baptism is an outward affirmation

of an inward change

that the Spirit of God works in a heart.

Last Sunday nine souls stood before the church to confess what God had done in their hearts.

Bubba and I were honored and humbled 

to witness four of our grandchildren come forward 

to be baptized by our son David.

Words cannot convey the joy of that day.

Gus

Archie

Harry

Lucy

"Or do you not know

 that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus

 have been baptized into His death? 

Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death,

 in order that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father,

 so we too might walk in newness of life."

 Romans 6: 3~4