WATER
Water is very important to the human race.
We use it for cleaning, cooking, cooling, and a whole host of other things.
Water is a key to survival for every living creature. As humans we must consume
water to keep our bodies in proper working order. There is even a popular
phrase that states "Water is Life." No doubt water is an important
part of our physical life.
Water is also an important part of our
spiritual life. Throughout the Bible water has played a significant role in
the faith of the followers of God. In Genesis the Bible records the massive
worldwide flood. This water both destroyed and saved. It destroyed the old
sinful world but also served as a savior to eight souls abroad the ark. Water
acted as a savior in the sense that it lifted the ark up and away from the
sinful world. It stood as a barrier between good and evil. In the story of the
exodus, water saved the nation of
It should come as no surprise to Christians that Water
is still an important part of our spiritual life. "Now as they went down
the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, See, here is water.
What hinders me from being baptized? Then Philip said, If
you believe with all your heart, you may. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. So he
commanded the chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch went down
into the water, and he baptized him." (Acts 8:36-38.) Water is the point
at which a person is separated from the sinful world and joined into union
which Christ. (Romans 6:3-4.) In 1 Peter 3:20-21 the Bible shows again the
important role of water baptism in our spiritual life when it says "The
longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing,
herein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. The like figure whereunto
even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the
flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of
Jesus Christ."
- - - - JOSH WEBSTER