Baptism Beyond the Water

What really spoke to me during Essentials Red course was reading about Christ's baptism and the meaning behind it. I was unaware of the power behind this action, that He was being baptized for me and my sins. This struck a cord with me as I discussed it during one of the weekly posts. Someone had suggested that His baptism should be related to the cross and how they are tied together. Consequently, Romans 6 was taught in church relating our old self, sinful nature to death on the cross. I then decided to do my creative project about our baptism into death with Christ and how powerful that is for us as believers. We are not slaves to sin. Our sin was put to death 2,000 years ago. When taken hold of, this concept is very powerful to be able to battle principalities that take place everyday. God has given us the victory. It was given to us way back when, we just have the opportunity to receive it.

"But because Christ was baptized for our sin, his baptism, which was fulfilled in the cross, can be an occasion for us to put to death the evil powers of the underworld that call us into their service." Robert Webber, Ancient Future Time p.82

I had a hard time putting music to this piece. I wanted to add an instrumental song to my slideshow, and the best one I could find was a Shane & Shane song. I hope this speaks to you.