Our Lord Jesus Christ has given this command in Matthew 28:19: “Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
We are so thankful to Jesus that this command that He has given has been carried out in each of our lives. We, and our children, have been baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Through our baptism we have become the forgiven children of the Triune God, and we are able to live each day of our lives as God’s children. And, we are assured that when we die we will live with God in heaven forever. This is what God promises us in the Bible, and gives to us when we are baptized. What we want to say to God each day of our lives is, “Thank You God for granting me to be Your baptized child here on earth, and Your heir in the eternal life to come.”
Having received from God this precious gift of our baptism, we need to ask ourselves some important questions. Are we each day living as God’s baptized children? Are we reminding our children and grandchildren of their baptism and how they are to live each day as the baptized children of God? Do we know of children and adults who are not baptized? Shall we ask the Lord to use us to bring this wonderful gift of God into their lives? Are there people that we know that are baptized but have no idea of the gift that God wants them to have, and shall we ask God to use us to bring these gifts of God into their lives? Let us do so!
Father, Son and Holy Spirit, thank You for granting us to be your baptized children, forgiven of our sins, being able to live the Christian life on earth, and also to live with You in heaven forevermore. Use us, we pray, to bring these precious gifts to many others – infants, children, young people, adults, the elderly. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
