Commitment to Christ

Jesus was baptized not because He needed to repent, but as a humble act of commitment and identification with God's plan and with us, showing us how to trust and follow. Our baptism mirrors that same humility, commitment, and identification — it's not something we do to earn God's love, but the first step we take after His love has already found us.

Even when the world looks like it's falling apart, we have every reason to relax, because Jesus said His kingdom is forcefully advancing and not even the gates of hell can stop it. Unlike every other kingdom in history, it doesn't advance through power and might but through love, and if we've put our faith in Jesus, we're already part of it.