30 Baptism Quotes to Give Your Baby’s Special Day More Meaning
30 Baptism Quotes to Give Your Baby’s Special Day More Meaning
An important part of the Christian tradition is baptism. Though every denomination has its own way of celebrating and reflecting on the baptism, the main concept of the ritual is the same: Baptism is the act of committing a new life to Christ and washing away original sin.
If you're giving a card to someone who's celebrating a baptism, it can be difficult to know exactly what to write. If you want to include baptism quotes, you might not have any that immediately come to mind. Luckily, there are centuries worth of text and quotes about baptism from spiritual leaders and experts, including specific inspirational Bible verses, of course.
In some Christian denominations, baptism can happen at any age, whenever someone agrees to accept Christ in their heart. For others, especially Catholics, it's a process that happens at the very beginning of a child's life, usually when they're an infant. Whether you're searching for the perfect quote for a newborn's baptism ceremony or you're looking for a sentiment to share as you celebrate the spiritual rebirth of someone a bit older, here are 30 baptism quotes that they'd probably love to read.
1) Max Lucado
"Baptism is the initial step of a faithful heart."
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"At Baptism, I received grace — that quality that makes me share in the very nature of God."
3) Lailah Gifty Akita
"The grace of being is gift of baptism by washing in water. And in spirit of Christ Jesus."
4) Mark 16:16
"Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned."
5) Robert D. Hales
"When we were baptized we took upon us not only the name of Christ, but also the law of obedience."
6) Matthew 28:19-20
"Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."
7) J. Vernon McGee
"In order to live a life of holiness, we must first receive new life from God — we must be born from above."
8) John 3:5
"Jesus answered, 'Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.'"
9) Galatians 3:26-28
"For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."
10) Watchman Nee
"Baptism is faith in action."
11) 1 Peter 3:21
"Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ."
12) John H. Aughey
"God brings men into deep waters not to drown them, but to cleanse them."
13) 1 Corinthians 12:13
"For in one spirit we were all baptized into one body — Jews or Greeks, slaves or free — and all were made to drink of one spirit."
14) Alaric Hutchinson
"Living in the present moment is the recurring baptism of the soul, forever purifying every new day with a new you."
15) Smith Wigglesworth
"There are two sides to this baptism: The first is, you possess the Spirit; The second is that the Spirit possesses you."
16) Kate Douglas Wiggins
"Every child born into the world is a new thought of God, an ever fresh and radiant possibility."
17) Thomas Aquinas
"Baptism is the door of the spiritual life and the gateway to the sacraments."
18) James 1:17
"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change."
19) Watchman Nee
"Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith."
20) L Michael White
“In baptism one returns to the state of creation ... when all humanity was unified.”
21) J.D. Greer
“Baptism is the catalyst to spiritual maturity, not the sign of having attained it.”
22) Hars Urs Von Balthasar
“The Church does not dispense the sacrament of baptism in order to acquire for herself an increase in membership but in order to consecrate a human being to God and to communicate to that person the divine gift of birth from God.”
23) Brain D. McClaren
“Baptism is rich in meaning. It suggests cleansing. When you are a disciple, you understand that you are cleansed by Christ. You understand that Christ died in your place on the cross, paying for your sins, fully forgiving you for all your wrongs. You are cleansed from guilt, and you are becoming a cleaner, healthier, more whole person.”
24) John R. Rice
“God's people should be baptized because God commanded it, not because some church requires it.”
25) Cecil Frances Alexander
“Because to us in Baptism, a new life He hath given, a better birth than that of earth, and made us heirs of Heaven.”
26) Peter C. Seewald
“Baptism is, in fact, much more than a ritual conferring membership in a community, as many people conceive it nowadays. It is a process of birth, through which a new dimension of life opens out.”
27) Rachel Held Evans
“In the ritual of baptism, our ancestors acted out the bizarre truth of the Christian identity: We are people who stand totally exposed before evil and death and declare them powerless against love. There's nothing normal about that.”
28) Peter Kreft
“Baptism is like accepting a marriage proposal and the Eucharist is like the actual wedding.”
29) Michael S. Heiser
“In effect, baptism in New Testament theology is a loyalty oath, a public avowal of who is on the Lord's side in the cosmic war between good and evil.”
30) E.L. Mascall
“It is because baptism is a real insertion of human beings into the ascended manhood of Christ that the Church is Christ's own body, flesh of his flesh and bone of his bones.”
These meaningful baptism quotes from the Bible, saints, and more will get you ready to celebrate your loved one's first sacrament.