How Can I Not Be Afraid to Be Near God?

🌊✨ Imagine standing before God and feeling completely clean and unburdened.

Through baptism, that’s exactly what happens! 🙌

Just as God saved Noah through the flood, He now saves us through the waters of baptism. 💦

Baptism isn’t just about getting clean on the outside.

Peter says in 1 Peter 3:21 that baptism gives us a “good conscience” through Jesus’ resurrection.

Think about it:

If we had to face God based on our own efforts, we’d be nervous and uncertain. 😬

But with baptism, we stand before Him fully clean.

Not because of anything we’ve done, but because of everything Christ has done for us. ❤️🙏

Through Christ’s sacrifice, our sins are washed away, and we can approach God with a good conscience.

Contributor Chad Hoover is the Campus Pastor at Concordia Lutheran High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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