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Water baptism symbolizes the believer’s total trust in and total reliance on the Lord Jesus Christ, as well as a commitment to live obediently to Him. It also expresses unity with all the saints (Ephesians 2:19), that is, with every person in every nation on earth who is a member of the Body of Christ (Galatians 3:27–28). Water baptism conveys this and more, but it is not what saves us. Instead, we are saved by grace through faith, apart from works (Ephesians 2:8–9). We are baptized because our Lord commanded it: “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19).
We’ve come to celebrate something this weekend that most of us have heard about all our lives. Jesus Christ rose from the dead. It’s a 2000 year old story… told so many times in so many different ways that its easy for the preacher on Easter weekend to sound like Charlie Brown’s teacher…blah blah blah… What could actually be said this Easter that hasn’t already been said 10,000 times before? …Jesus is alive…so what?
