The Hiding Place from the Wind (continued)

Beloved, in continuance of our theme, “The Hiding Place from the Wind” – God has laid down a method that allows us to “hide” in Christ. That method is immersion in water in the Name of Jesus and the baptism of the Holy Spirit. It is my belief that many take this principle of baptism too lightly and live beneath their privileges of power and authority. When you are baptized in Jesus’ Name, His blood “hides” or protects you forever – till death do you part – from “the winds” of the penalty of sin. My opinion means nothing, but read what the apostle Paul wrote in the Book of Romans – “…so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized INTO HIS DEATH?” (Romans 6:3). Baptism in Jesus’ Name is effective until we physically die. In eternity, we won’t need His blood, because we will have new bodies! Paul goes on to say, “Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4).

Chosen Ones, someone may ask, “How can I hide from the winds of adversity today through Jesus’ act of death on the cross 2,000 years ago?” The answer is simple – if a person acknowledges that he is a sinner before God and sees himself doomed to destruction because of that sin, and if that same person then accepts Christ as his sacrifice by faith, recognizing that Jesus died for every sin and transgression, then he is ready to receive the benefit of being “buried with him by baptism…into his death.” In other words, they must believe by faith that Jesus took their sins, problems, adversities, lack….TO HIS GRAVE!

Children of God, baptism in Jesus’ Name was the greatest, God-ordained act of salvation that you or I could have done! Our baptism is our “hiding place from the wind” of anything that will trouble us.

I will conclude this series next week. Until then, know this…

I love you all so very much.
In His Love,

Pastor William L. McCoy