Baptism: Understanding Death, Burial and Resurrection

Baptism marks the end of one world and the beginning of another. The Cross wipes away everything born of Adam; the resurrection ushers in everything born of Christ. Going under the water, we consent to God’s verdict — that our old life is finished. Rising, we testify to his new life within us. The old creation buried; the new creation born. Christ’s life, now grafted into ours.