Thursday, January 18, 2001
Thursday, January 18, 2001
Therefore we have been buried with him by baptism into death, so that, just as
Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of
life.
The word baptizo was a term that was used in the first century for dipping a light-colored garment
into a dye. Once the fabric was dipped into the dye, it would be changed in its identity from its
original color to a new color. The act of dipping it, resulting in changing its identity, was called
baptizo. It is the Greek term from which we get our English word baptism. (3) "Once we were no
people," says the Old Testament writer, "but now we are God's people." Baptism is a sign of
God's call to us to be new people.
(Romans 6:4
NRSV)
Baptism is a free gift from God, but the purpose of baptism is to give us a new identity in Jesus
Christ.
Dear God, show me the way to live out my new identity in Jesus Christ. Amen.
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