i didn't know i was lonely 'til i saw your face
i wanna get better Second Sermon in our Revelation Sermon-series: John’s revelation means to wake us up to all that’s going on. Today, as the Revelator takes us before the Throne of God, we’re shown what’s really going on when the pastor, some anxious parents and a squirming baby come up to this font . Today, as we see God on the Throne, the Throne at the center of all things , baptism is shown for what it really is, what it actually does . And in case the setting of God’s Throne in the center of creation wasn’t enough of a clue; baptism is so much more than an initiation ritual or fire insurance… In baptism we are brought into the very heart of faith. What it means to be claimed by the God who raised Jesus from the dead. What it means to be marked by the one who after three days in the grave, was raised to new, eternal life. We always talk about something being a matter of life and death; but today we see that it’s actuall...