God died for you. God baptized you.
“there is here no work done by us, but a treasure which He gives us, and which faith apprehends; just as the Lord Jesus Christ upon the cross is not a work, but a treasure comprehended in [...]
“faith must have something which it believes”
Wherever God speaks, whichever direction or by whatever means He speaks, there faith must look, and to that it must hold.
Nobody’s impressed by water, but baptism saves.
The power, work, profit, fruit, and end of Baptism is this, namely, to save. For no one is baptized in order that he may become a prince, but, as the words declare, that he be saved. But to be [...]
Honor Your Father and Your Baptism
“Therefore we always teach that the Sacraments and all external things which God ordains and institutes should not be regarded according to the coarse, external mask, as we regard the shell [...]
A baptism is God’s Word + some water.
“When the Word is joined to the element or natural substance, it becomes a Sacrament, that is, a holy and divine matter and sign.”
God’s reputation is at stake in your baptism…and that’s good for you
God Himself stakes His honor, His power and might on it. Therefore it is not only natural water, but a divine, heavenly, holy, and blessed water, and in whatever other terms we can praise it, all [...]
Baptism is how we get to Jesus
“what Baptism is, namely thus, that it is not mere ordinary water, but water comprehended in God’s Word and command, and sanctified thereby, so that it is nothing else than a divine [...]
God’s baptism beats private spirituality.
“But the Scriptures teach thus: Even though we collect in one mass the works of all the monks, however splendidly they may shine, they would not be as noble and good as if God should pick [...]
God baptized you
For these are the words, Go ye, baptize; however, not in your name, but in the name of God. For to be baptized in the name of God is to be baptized not by men, but by God Himself. Therefore, [...]