baptism-holy water or holy obedience?

Reuters News posted a recent story from Oslo, Norway about "lemon cola becoming holy" a few days ago. A Norwegian pastor was in a recent jam because the water taps had become frozen due to the cold weather. The problem was that he had a "child baptism" scheduled for that morning. The Priest improvised that morning by dabbing the lemon fizzy water on the baby. Afterwards he admitted, the "lemon had gone flat but the smell made it unusual." As the lemon smell continued to linger, the priest felt then that it was only right that he let the couple know that he had not used holy water but holy "cola".

So is it the water that makes us holy? Is it the one baptizing that makes us holy? Does the act of baptism make us holy or is baptism a holy act of obedience? The Bible speaks a lot about baptism. You can read verses like Romans 6:4, Ephesians 4:5, Colossians 2:12, I Peter 3:21 and many more that point us to the significance of baptism. In the NT, baptism was always offered after repentance. Baptism is also reminder of our Savior Jesus and His death and resurrection. Baptism is also a public profession of our following Christ. It is an act of obedience to show the world that our lives have changed. So the water is not holy, nor is the person who baptizes us, but because God makes us holy through our belief in His work, we desire to obey his example in every detail of our life. Have you ever been baptized? Have you publicly acknowledged Christ as your Lord? On Sunday, May 3rd we will be having baptisms at the 9:30 am and 11:00 am services. Let us know if you are ready to obey Christ in baptism!