Matthew 3:11

I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

From Background Notes [BN] for July 2nd & 3rd written by Pastor Bob Brown:

Through baptism, we declare public allegiance to our covenant Lord in whose service we gladly find ourselves.

Once sinners, having deserted God’s human creation, we are now brought back into the cohort of God’s coming kingdom, part of His advance guard announcing the forgiveness of sins to a world held captive to the enemy’s will. Our message, the Gospel, is the royal announcement that Jesus is Israel’s Messiah and Lord of the world. On earth God has established a colony of heaven with all the privileges of kingdom children in the service of the King. We confess that, on our own, we cannot build the kingdom, but we can certainly implement it through the achievements of Jesus Christ. Because God promises resurrection life to us, we are confident that the work we do here will last forever, and none of our labor is “in vain” (see 1 Corinthians 15:58) when done “in the Lord.” [BN,18 ]

Join us this week in Worship, Praise and Celebration at C1:
* Saturday 6:00pm
* Sunday 9am & 10:30am