Matthew 28:19: “Go therefore and disciple all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
Romans 6:3: “Or are you ignorant that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?”
1 Corinthians 12:13: “For also in one Spirit we were all baptized into one Body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and were all given to drink one Spirit.”
Baptism, as commanded by the Lord in Matthew 28:19, is more than an outward ceremony—it is an entrance into the name of the Triune God. This divine name signifies the person, authority, and essence of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Through baptism, we are brought into an organic union with the Triune God, entering a living relationship with Him.
Romans 6:3 reveals that we are baptized into Christ’s death. This means that baptism ushers us into the efficacy of Christ’s death, where our old life is terminated. As we come out of the waters of baptism, we enter into resurrection life, germinated with the new life of Christ.
Moreover, baptism places us into the Body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:13). This incorporation into the Body is not merely positional but organic. It is through baptism that we become members of this living organism, united with Christ as the Head and with fellow believers as members of His Body.
This spiritual reality brings us out of our old state—dominated by the natural life—and into a new realm of living by the elements of the Triune God. The old is terminated, and the new is germinated, enabling us to live for the Body of Christ.
Thought of the day/Main Points:
– Baptism puts us into the name of the Triune God, signifying our union with Him.
– Through baptism, we are brought into Christ’s death, terminating our old life.
– Baptism germinates us with the new life of Christ, bringing us into resurrection.
– We are baptized into the Body of Christ, becoming members of a living organism.
– Baptism transitions us into a new state, empowering us to live in the Body by the elements of the Triune God.
Prayer Confessions:
Lord, thank You for baptizing me into the name of the Triune God.
Terminate my old life through the reality of Christ’s death.
Germinate me daily with Your resurrection life.
Keep me living in organic union with You and the Body of Christ.
Strengthen me to live in the new state You have brought me into, by the elements of the Triune God, Amen.
