Dear Jesus, give us joy in the gift of baptism and bring to completion the good  work You have begun in us. Amen.

“The garments of salvation” and “the robe of righteousness” are Jesus Himself. “As  many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ” (Gal. 3:27). Jesus treads on  our garments because He brings a better one: Himself, with whom we were clothed when  we were baptized.

The Pharisees washed couches. The Greek says, they baptized couches. They obviously didn’t dunk the couches in the Jordan River...

Here the Lord shows us His two words He speaks to mankind: His Law and His  Gospel. The Law is God’s eternal will for mankind, and it shows us our sin. The Gospel  is God’s gracious promise to save us through His Son. Here God reveals His will for  man, and He shows us through simple arithmetic what He desires for us. 

Jesus is Immanuel, God with us!

Lord Jesus Christ, bless the children of your Church.

The promises of Baptism are for children!

Read Colossians 2 to understand the link between circumcision and baptism.

Before Abraham was, I AM.

John's baptism was a "prepare the way" baptism.