What’s so special about a handful of simple water? Nothing, until God connects His Word to it! In Baptism, that is exactly what God is doing. He combines His life-creating and life-giving Word with the waters of Holy Baptism, and thereby we are born again of water and the Spirit (John 3:5).
In Scripture, we are promised that baptism works forgiveness of sins, rescues from death and the devil, and gives eternal salvation to all who believe this. “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned” (Mark 16:16).
In and through Baptism, God cleanses us from all of our sins, snatches us from the power of Satan, and gives us everlasting life. It is all God’s doing as He gives us His blessing. It is His promise.
In Baptism, our Triune God imparts to each of us personally the gifts the Lord Jesus Christ won for the world through His life, suffering, death, and resurrection. Please see especially Galatians 3:27; Colossians 1:13–14; 1 Peter 3:21; Titus 3:5–7 and 1 Corinthians 6:11.
