Do you ever wonder about how God can be one God, but have three persons? I hope so, because God should give us a sense of wonder. Like looking at a fire and letting that natural wonder bounce around your brain, the supernatural wonder of the Trinity is worth our time, contemplation, and adoration. When Jesus returns to the disciples after his resurrection, he tells the disciples to make more disciples, and to baptize them in the name of the Father, the son and the Holy Spirit. Why did Jesus mention the Trinity at that time? I don’t know, but I see something that is meaningful in how he said it.
Baptism is a sign of identifying with Jesus in his death by going into the water, and identifying with him in his resurrected life as we come out of the water. At baptism, we are celebrating the beginning of a new life. When I was baptized the pastor of my church said: “Buried with Christ; raised to walk in newness of life.” In this new life we receive a new Dad, a new big brother, and an abiding Holy spirit. We are baptized into one God, but three persons.
No matter how good or bad your father was, you now have a perfectly loving, powerful and heavenly father. Dads and moms, think how much you love your children, how you long to provide for them, how often you think about them. Our Father in heaven is like that. Some of the words that describe our heavenly dad are “almighty,” “creator,” “rock,” and “savior.”
We have a big brother who came to show us how to walk rightly on this planet, which made a lot of religious people mad, and when push came to shove, he took the shove for us. Our big brother Jesus willingly died in our place, even though we were living as enemies when Jesus died for us. The Bible talks about Jesus as “savior,” “teacher,” “Lord,” “friend,” and “lamb of God.”
We have an abiding Holy Spirit that counsels and teaches, emboldens and empowers us. Holy Spirit is called “counselor,” “advocate,” “deposit,” “comforter,” and “power.” Our new life is full, rich and deep, because we’ve been baptized in His name.

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