Emphasis Preaching Journal
Sermon Illustrations for Baptism of Our Lord (2019)
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Isaiah 43:1-7
God is speaking through his prophets. That can include the pastors whom God called. It sounds like a promise of protection for life. Protection from whatever God may allow to come and test your faith.
Being baptized as a child is like being adopted. Both are by the choice of parents, and when a child grows up, they have the choice of accepting or rejecting either one though they are still legal in effect, even if they change their mind.
God is speaking through his prophets. That can include the pastors whom God called. It sounds like a promise of protection for life. Protection from whatever God may allow to come and test your faith.
Being baptized as a child is like being adopted. Both are by the choice of parents, and when a child grows up, they have the choice of accepting or rejecting either one though they are still legal in effect, even if they change their mind.
