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\nThe Baptism of Our Lord\u201d Communion Sunday January 13th 2013
\nLuke 3:15-17, 21-22
\nTell me what does it mean to be baptized?\u201d<\/p>\n

May God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you Grace and Peace. Amen.
\nAt the local ecumenical pastor\u2019s meeting they were talking what it means to be baptized and how to baptize people. A Methodist pastor and a Baptist pastor got into some heated discussion. The Methodist pastor asked if a parson was baptized in the pool, how deep the person should go down to the water. \u201cUp to his chin?\u201d The Baptist pastor said, \u201cNo!\u201d
\nThe Methodist pastor then asked if one was considered baptized if immersed up to his nose. Again the Baptist pastor\u2019s answer was \u201cNO!\u201d
\n\u201cWell, if you immerse him up to his eye brows, do you consider him baptized?\u201d asked the Methodist pastor once again. For that Baptist pastor said, \u201cYou don\u2019t seem to understand. He must be immersed completely in water until his head is covered.\u201d
\nThe Methodist pastor replied, \u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019ve been trying to tell you all along. It\u2019s only a little water on the top of the head that counts.\u201d
\nJesus did not tell us how much water to use or how it must be applied. If you did not know, the hundreds of pastors has been writing dissertations on how to baptize people, but Jesus did not instruct us in what fashion we should baptized people.
\nThe Lutherans like Methodist and reformed protestant churches baptized people at the water font of Baptism where the recipients of baptism is adult or infant.
\nBy the way you probably know infant and small children can be baptized in Catholic and traditional Protestant churches, because baptism is the action of God who gave life to us and his grace to every human beings who are born in this world.
\nMy parents became Christians when they were young adults out of their will. They however, wanted me and my younger brother to receive baptism, so we will live the follower of Christ for the rest of our lives.
\nAnd if I may say, it is God who first showed his mercy to everyone who were born on this earth.
\nBy the way, by his own baptism, Jesus showed us the importance of this sacrament to everyone. In fact his final words were to go preach, teach and baptize.
\nBaptism in our church is not just a nice ceremony. It is one of the two sacraments of the church\u2014one of the two sacraments of the church\u2014one of the holy acts which brings healing to the sinful and broken life.
\nSome question what a few drops of water can do help a person. Parents do not feel the need to have their children baptized. They can decide for themselves when they are older.
\nLet me share a story about Mary, the Queen of Scots (Scotland). You may remember this story since I have shared this either the bible study time or on Sunday service.
\nQueen Mary gave birth to Prince James on June 19th, 1566, in her Edinburgh Castle. Although she was involved in the political plots and scandals of life, she valued baptism so much that she went to considerable risk to have her son baptized.
\nThe story says she lowered him in a basket from her window to servants waiting to carry him to the priest for the baptism. She did not hesitate, argue, debate, or procrastinate. Who do you think that baby was? That baby was the same James who, as king, authorized the King James Version of the Bible!
\nJesus said, \u201cHe who believes and is baptized will be saved.\u201d Our Lutheran teaching says, \u201cOur churches teach that Baptism is necessary for salvation, that the grace of God is offered through baptism and that children should be baptized.\u201d
\nBaptism is very important to the Christian life, because receiving baptism means to become follower of our Master Jesus Christ. It is more than ceremony. It means the cleaning from the stain of sin, and the adaption of the human being into the family of God.
\nThe water is a sign of spiritual cleaning from sin. You may ask: what needs does a baby have for its sins to be washed away? Does 6-week-old need forgiveness? Can a child of that age guilty of sin?
\nA Baby has not sinned in thought, word, or deed, but we are all born with original sin. We are born as sinners, and our nature is sinful and unclean.
\nSt Paul teaches that we are in bondage to sin and we need to be freed from this slavery. In baptism, a child is forgiven this original sin and cleansed of it.
\nBut in baptism we are also adopted by God and received as His children.
\nA couple adopted a 4 year old girl. It was a child nobody else wanted. The mother did not want her because she already had another child and financially couldn\u2019t make it. The father did not want the child because when he learned that his girlfriend was pregnant, he took off and was not seen again.
\nThe child was not wanted because she was a half-breed. Half Italian, half American, half white and half black.
\nBut the couple didn\u2019t care. They wanted a child to love.
\nGod adopts us at baptism into His family so that He may be our God and we may be His people.
\nOne note that is very important because it makes us different from some other churches\u2014we believe that baptism is God\u2019s act, not ours. Baptism is not a contract made between us and God. It is not a bargain struck between God and us. It is strictly and solely God\u2019s act. This is why we baptize little children.
\nIt symbolizes the utter helplessness with which we each come to baptize. As infants, we cannot speak for ourselves \u2013 we cannot believe for ourselves \u2013 we are totally dependent.
\nIn total dependency, God comes to us, touches us, lifts us from sin, and praises us to life as his adapted children\u2026as His new sons and daughters.
\nWhen Martin Luther was in trouble, he used to write out these words, \u201cBut I was baptized.\u201d We should say that every day. \u201cI was baptized.\u201d
\nOur lives should be filled with excitement and enthusiasm, a burning conviction for God. Every day we can say to ourselves, \u201cIn my baptism, God has promised to make me His child and enfold me in His redeeming grace.
\nRemember, we have been made the sons and daughters of God. We should feel the power every day of this great and most gracious gift. Amen.<\/p>\n

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be baptized?\u201d May God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ give you Grace and Peace. Amen. At the local ecumenical pastor\u2019s meeting they were talking what it means to be baptized and how to baptize people. A Methodist pastor and a Baptist pastor got into some heated discussion. The Methodist pastor asked if a parson was baptized in the pool, how deep the person should go down to the water. \u201cUp to his chin?\u201d The Baptist pastor said, \u201cNo!\u201d The Methodist pastor then asked if one was considered baptized if immersed up to his nose. Again the Baptist pastor\u2019s answer was \u201cNO!\u201d \u201cWell, if you immerse him up to his eye brows, do you consider him baptized?\u201d asked the Methodist pastor once again. For that Baptist pastor said, \u201cYou don\u2019t seem to understand. He must be immersed completely in water until his head is covered.\u201d The Methodist pastor replied, \u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019ve been trying to tell you all along. It\u2019s only a little water on the top of the head that counts.\u201d Jesus did not tell us how much water to use or how it must be applied. 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