So far, the two essential parts of baptism are water and Word. There is a third essential part—the action. That is, you can have all the water in the world, and you can have the necessary Word, and the right name, but without the water applied with that Word, you have no baptism. Baptism is a doing. Baptism is God’s doing. Remember who told his disciples to baptize—none other than Jesus! Baptism is not about man’s decision. Baptism is not about Grandma’s pictures. Baptism is not about the pastor. Baptism is about God making a disciple by application of water and his name.
So what is baptism? Water. Word. Action. We run with God’s name and by his command we use it with water. Let this suffice for the first question, What is baptism?
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