Authentic Christian Life Through Baptism

• The Baptism instituted by Christ would not just wash away sins; it would impart the gift of Christ’s own divine nature.
• Every baptized person becomes a priest, prophet, and king —marked as Christ’s own forever, and equipped in every way to share in Christ’s own ministry.
• Priest


  Worship
• Prophet


  Preaching and witness
• King


  Serve
• gives God right praise, the highest praise

  Priest
• The highest praise: a. Attends Mass b. Prays c. Makes sacrifice
• speaks the divine truth, publicly


  Prophet
• builds up the kingdom of God and orders the world according to the principles of the kingdom


  King
• Catholics believe that everyone, including babies, are called to receive the sacrament of Baptism precisely because it confers the gift of spiritual transformation.
• Baptism isn’t really about how bad we are; rather, it is all about how good God is.
• "And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age”
• Baptism highlights the fact that coming into relationship with Christ in his Church is God’s choice for us even more than our choice for him.
• Incorporation into Christ

  1. Become members of his mystical body, the Church
  2. Baptized are configured to Christ and so are in the life of God
  3. Become an adopted child of God