What do you believe God is like—and where did that belief come from?
In the baptism of Jesus (Matthew 3), God reveals something shocking about who God is. This sermon opens the Epiphany series Manifest by asking a simple but life-altering question: What does God really think about you?
Journaling Prompts
When you reflect on your baptism, how are you continuing to discover what God has done—and is still doing—in those waters?
What does Christ’s solidarity with humanity in its lowest places stir up in you—gratitude, resistance, relief, discomfort? Where do you think that response comes from?
What assumptions about God does the baptism of Jesus challenge or disrupt for you? Where do you think those assumptions came from?
What does Jesus’ baptism reveal about the story God invites you into? How does this resonate—or clash—with the story you currently find yourself living in?
Practice — Baptism.
In baptism, we step into what God has already done in Christ. We are cleansed of sin, met by God’s Spirit, and named God’s beloved.
Any Sunday is a good Sunday to be baptized. If you have not yet been baptized and feel drawn to Jesus’ invitation into the waters, take time this week to pray and consider that invitation. When you’re ready, we would love to talk.
baptism@redemptionhou.com
If you have already been baptized, take time this week to remember what God has done—and is still doing—in your life. Consider how baptism continues to shape a life of dying, living, and loving in Christ.
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