Baptism: The Beginning of the End of Our Exile
Sunday, January 10th, 2010For you see, while the history of God’s called out people has been one of brokenness, rebellion, and exile, the Good News is that God has done and is doing something about it to bring our exile to an end. From the poignant story we read in Genesis 3 about God searching for his fallen creatures hiding from him in the Garden to his call to Abraham to his Presence with his sinful and rebellious people during their forty years of wandering in the desert to today’s beautiful passage in Isaiah, we are reminded that God loves us, warts and all, and promises to redeem us.
