Water baptism is like dunking a donut — you go in one way and come out completely changed. The old you is gone. The new you is freshly made in Christ. At the church we attend, we recently had eleven people get baptized.
First up was a little girl. She was smiling as the minister started having a conversation with her, confirming she understood what she was doing. The young girl must have been excited about her decision to go public with her faith because before the minister could say, “I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,” she went underwater. She dunked herself. When those in attendance realized what had just happened, they laughed. The surprised minister said, “Well, okay then!”
Water baptism is a public declaration of an inward transformation. It’s the moment you step into the water and say, “My old life is gone. I belong to Jesus now.” It’s simple, humble, and powerful — a physical picture of a spiritual reality.
Different donuts. One Dunkin’.
Different stories. One Savior.
Baptism unites us in the same message: Jesus makes us new.
“For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.”
(Galatians 3:27)
No matter your background, personality, or story, baptism unites every believer under the same truth.
The last person to be baptized was an older gentleman. I met him afterwards, and he shared with me that he felt bad that it took him 51 years to accept Jesus into his life and then to get baptized. I congratulated him on making the most important decision of his life, and then said, “Wow! 51 years of sin. No wonder the water was dirty when you got out.” We laughed and celebrated that he is now a new creation.
This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
2 Cor. 5:17 (NLT)
Water baptism is one of the most beautiful, symbolic moments in a believer’s life — and surprisingly, it has more in common with a trip to Dunkin’ Donuts than you might expect.
Next time you see someone dunking a donut into coffee — or you do it yourself — let it remind you of your baptism:
“Buried with Christ. Raised to new life.”
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…I don’t expect to be embarrassed in the least. On the contrary, everything happening to me in this jail only serves to make Christ more accurately known, regardless of whether I live or die. They didn’t shut me up; they gave me a pulpit! (Phi 1:20 MSG)