How Baptism Communicates to Us the Essence of Our Christian Life

The great and true Christian baptism is Christ's pouring out of His Spirit, by Whom He gives believers repentance and faith to be washed by Christ's blood in the first place—and by Whom He grows them in repentance and faith, and by Whom He will perfect them in repentance and faith. This is the story of Pentecost, the story of every church, and the story that Christ's commanded water-baptism tells.