Baptisms
Baptism reminds us that the only way you will find your life is if you lose it.
Baptism is the washing off of the old life and the covenant for the new land God has for humanity. This is why Jesus asks us to be baptized — it changes your identity. Water baptism is the prophetic act that you are dead to sin and alive to Christ. It’s not only a destination change after death, but an identity change in the present. Now all of your life is colored with resurrection power. When you are baptized, you too have a new declaration over your whole life: “This is my child in whom I am well pleased.”