2. Baptism… is not magical!
… is not about you!
… is not the end of the journey!
3. Baptism… is a gift (love) initiated by God
… is an outward sign of an inward spiritual reality.
… is a beginning (covenant) of a lifelong relationship.
4. … is a gift (love) initiated by God.
… is an outward sign of an inward spiritual reality.
… is the beginning (covenant) of a lifelong relationship.
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7. Adoption
“Adoption is the legal process by which a person leaves
his own family and enters the family of another.”
8. Adoption
“Adoption is the legal process by which a person leaves
his own family and enters the family of another.”
9. Adoption
You can tell for sure that you are now fully
adopted as his own children because God sent
the Spirit of his Son into our lives crying out,
“Papa! Father!”
10. Family
See how very much our heavenly Father loves
us, for he allows us to be called his children—
think of it—and we really are! 1 John 3
19. It is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is
not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so
that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created
in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in
advance for us to do. Eph 2:8-10
Heart of a Disciple