{"id":3283,"date":"2021-04-12T22:04:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T20:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/predication.net\/?p=3283"},"modified":"2021-04-12T22:04:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T20:04:31","slug":"baptism-is-the-remission-of-sins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/predication.net\/?p=3283","title":{"rendered":"Baptism is the remission of sins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">We cannot imagine human progress without signs. We don&#8217;t just call characters different drawings, but the characters include fonts, notes, various objects, and words, ideas &#8230;<br \/>The Gospel says: &#8220;As Moses lifted the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted, that whoever believes may have eternal life in him&#8221; (Jn 3:14).<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">We know that as the chosen nation departed from slavery in Egypt to the promised land of Canaan, the nation in the wilderness led by Moses often betrayed God&#8217;s will. People often grumbled. In one such grumbling, God sent poisonous snakes at the Jews. These bit people and the nation began to realize that it had offended God. Therefore, they turn to Moses to ask God to save them from the horrible death of being bitten by snakes. And God commanded Moses to hang upon the rod a serpent, which he should cast from the brass. When he did so, anyone who touched or looked at this copper snake, even though snakes bit it, did not die. These people were saved through the Savior and Redeemer of all men, Jesus Christ. When Christ died on the cross, then on the cross, he nailed the power of evil, its power. The cross has become a new life source; it has become a source of healing.<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">This event wants to tell us that he who looks at the crucified Christ wants to find eternal life. It is essential to find time and look at the crucified Christ. When his gaze meets ours, he pierces our pride, and we feel the power of healing.<br \/>All this is Jesus &#8216;answer to Nicodemus&#8217; question: &#8220;How can this happen?&#8221; (cf. Jn 3: 9). Nicodemus was troubled; he still did not understand how a man could believe and be born again of the Holy Spirit. This is the moment when one wants to solve everything on his own, that is, before the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit. Jesus wants Nicodemus to believe in the redemptive death of the Lord Jesus. Just as those who have been bitten by serpents and have been healed by the sight of a copper serpent, so anyone who looks at the crucified Christ with faith will receive eternal life will be healed, saved, and saved. Just as for the Lord Jesus, his death on the cross was a necessary entry into his glory, so for man, faith is a condition for attaining the justification of sins before God, through being born again of the Spirit through baptism and attaining glory in heaven.<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">For us, baptism&#8217;s sacrament not only becomes the gateway to eternal life but in this sacrament, we are also forgiven of all our sins committed before baptism. By baptismal grace, we have regained what our grandparents lost in their disobedience in paradise. When we renew our baptismal vows, for example, in the ecclesial community at the first st Communion, on White Saturday, we realize that we are renouncing all sin, professing our faith, and thus growing our friendship with God. This, then, is our testimony manifested in gestures, words. Behind all this, there is something invisible to our eyes, yet so necessary for our lives of faith &#8211; contact with God: this unites us and makes us true brothers and sisters of the Lord Jesus. In this, we see amazing progress, which does not meet its goal here on earth, but once in eternity.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We cannot imagine human progress without signs. 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