Thank you for joining us for Baptism Sunday today as we baptize six individuals who are making a public declaration of faith in Jesus! 

Baptism Represents Three Things

1. Cleansing
   
   Psalm 51: 1-2 NLT
   1 Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins.

   2 Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin.

   1 John 1:7-9 NLT

   7 But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

   8 If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth.

   9 But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.

2. Death to Self
   
   Romans 6:3-4 NLT
   3 Or have you forgotten that when we were joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined him in his death?

   4 For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.

3. New Life
   
   2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT
   17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!