“Baptism in water symbolizes our willingness to put the "old man" (our sinful human nature) to death in the watery grave and rise out of the watery grave as a new creation in Jesus Christ. Baptism is a commandment from our Lord and an important part of our Christian faith. For me personally as I reflect back on my baptism in my early 20s, that's when the Holy Spirit began working in my heart and mind to serve Jesus Christ in this life.”
yes we come to a place of repentance first like your saying we’re actually willing to change to repent and want to do right we aren’t okay as sinners it leaves us empty it leaves us bound it cuts our conscience so the message that we can change that we can repent and be cleansed of all of that that we can be free
becomes a beautiful thing to the sinner who doesn’t pretend he’s righteous and doesn’t need Gods ways or mercy or gift of remission of sins
one thing I’ve noticed in life is if a person can’t look at thier own actions and ways in light of Gods ways in the gospel it makes repentance impossible and also makes it sound like an evil word “ repent “ I mean . If we won’t acknolwedge we’re sinners the gospel mis never going to be something we embrace it’s about “ repentance and remission of sins “ self righteous folk hesr that and it sounds different to then because “ I’m not a sinner “
if we aren’t willing to part with our sins we’re aware of it sort of leaves us in thie boat
“And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.”
John 3:19-21 KJV
repentance is a frame of mind and heart if we can’t reach that place we need to keep digging in the word
yes we come to a place of repentance first like your saying we’re actually willing to change to repent and want to do right we aren’t okay as sinners it leaves us empty it leaves us bound it cuts our conscience so the message that we can change that we can repent and be cleansed of all of that that we can be free
becomes a beautiful thing to the sinner who doesn’t pretend he’s righteous and doesn’t need Gods ways or mercy or gift of remission of sins
one thing I’ve noticed in life is if a person can’t look at thier own actions and ways in light of Gods ways in the gospel it makes repentance impossible and also makes it sound like an evil word “ repent “ I mean . If we won’t acknolwedge we’re sinners the gospel mis never going to be something we embrace it’s about “ repentance and remission of sins “ self righteous folk hesr that and it sounds different to then because “ I’m not a sinner “
if we aren’t willing to part with our sins we’re aware of it sort of leaves us in thie boat
“And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.”
John 3:19-21 KJV
repentance is a frame of mind and heart if we can’t reach that place we need to keep digging in the word
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