Wir hatten das Vorrecht Ende Januar sechs Personen aus unserer Gemeinde zu taufen. Das war eine spannende Zeit und es lohnt sich uns über die Bedeutung der Taufe weitere Gedanken zu machen.
Jesus bezieht sich auf seine eigene Taufe in Lukas 12,50 mit diesen Worten: Aber ich muss mich taufen lassen ... In diesem und einem anderen Abschnitt macht Jesus deutlich, dass er sich auf das Kreuz bezieht. Paulus greift dieses Thema in Römer 6,3 auf: Oder wisst ihr nicht, dass wir alle, die wir in Christus Jesus hinein getauft worden sind, in seinen Tod getauft sind? Hier sehen wir, dass wir an der Taufe des Herren, an seinem Kreuzestod, Anteil haben können. Was hat das für Auswirkungen?
An anderer Stelle beschreibt Paulus den Durchzug Moses durch das Rote Meer als Taufe...Sie wurden auch alle auf Mose getauft in der Wolke und im Meer 1.Kor 10,2. Wir lesen über die Geschehnisse auf dem Berg der Verklärung: Und siehe zwei Männer redeten mit ihm, das waren Mose und Elia; die erschienen in Herrlichkeit und redeten von seinem Tod, den er in Jerusalem erfüllen sollte. Lk9,30-31. Interessanter Weise bedeutet das hier benutzte Wort für Tod 'Auszug'! Mose und Jesus besprechen das Kreuz oder Jesu Auszug/ Taufe. Als Mose das Volk aus Ägypten durch das Rote Meer führte, wurden die grausamen ägyptischen Sklaventreiber gerichtet und die Israeliten wurden von ihnen getrennt. Genau so wird die Sünde in unseren Leben durch das Kreuz gerichtet Das alte Leben der Israeliten wurde durch ein neues Leben ersetzt. Ebenso sind wir durch Jesu Tod zu einem neuen Leben auferweckt worden und vereint mit dem Halter des Bundes, im Falle Israels mit Mose, in unserem Fall mit dem Herrn Jesus Christus..
01 February 2008
February 2008 - English
We had the privilege of baptising 6 people from the church at the end of January. This was an exciting time, and it is worth thinking about the wider implications of baptism.
Jesus refers to His own baptism in Luke 12:50 with these words: But I have a baptism to be baptized with... In this and other passages He makes it clear that He is referring to the cross. Paul uses this theme when he says in Romans 6:3 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? So we see that we can take part in the Lord's baptism, that is His death on the cross. What are the effects of this?
In another passage Paul describes Moses crossing the Red Sea as a baptism ... all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea 1 Cor 10:2 If we go back to the Mount of Transfiguration we read: And behold, two men talked with [Jesus], who were Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke of His decease which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. Luke 9:30-31 What is interesting is that that word decease is the word Exodus! Moses and Jesus are discussing the Cross or Jesus' Exodus/Baptism. When Moses lead the people out of Egypt through the Red Sea the cruel Egyptian slave masters were judged and the Israelites were separated from them. Just so Sin is judged and dealt with in our lives by the Cross. The old life the Israelites had lived was replaced by a new life. Just so for us through Jesus' death we are 'raised to newness of life' and finally they were united with the the Covenant Holder; in their case Moses, but in our case the Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus refers to His own baptism in Luke 12:50 with these words: But I have a baptism to be baptized with... In this and other passages He makes it clear that He is referring to the cross. Paul uses this theme when he says in Romans 6:3 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? So we see that we can take part in the Lord's baptism, that is His death on the cross. What are the effects of this?
In another passage Paul describes Moses crossing the Red Sea as a baptism ... all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea 1 Cor 10:2 If we go back to the Mount of Transfiguration we read: And behold, two men talked with [Jesus], who were Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke of His decease which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. Luke 9:30-31 What is interesting is that that word decease is the word Exodus! Moses and Jesus are discussing the Cross or Jesus' Exodus/Baptism. When Moses lead the people out of Egypt through the Red Sea the cruel Egyptian slave masters were judged and the Israelites were separated from them. Just so Sin is judged and dealt with in our lives by the Cross. The old life the Israelites had lived was replaced by a new life. Just so for us through Jesus' death we are 'raised to newness of life' and finally they were united with the the Covenant Holder; in their case Moses, but in our case the Lord Jesus Christ.
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