Water, Blood, and Spirit Crying

Water, Blood, and Spirit Crying

LSB #597

v. 2: In a wat’ry grave are buried

All our sins that Jesus carried;

Christ, the Ark of Life, has ferried

Us across death’s raging flood.

Sometimes in the military sailors are “buried at sea” instead of in a grave of dirt. That’s what baptism is for the Christian. A watery grave for our sins. But not only that. For in baptism we are joined not only to Christ in His death but also in His resurrection. So in baptism there is both the death and burial of our sins and old man, and the raising and life of a new man. A new man for whom the fear and threat of death is a thing of the past. Imagine that! Not having to fear death. That is our reality. For in Christ, we know that since He has passed through death to life again, so will we. He is our Ark, our ferry, across and through death’s raging flood to life eternal. So while this virus that we are living through right now has killed many people, it cannot take the life of a Christian. Christians die, yes. But their life continues on the other side of the grave. For Christ is our life, and in Him, we are safe and secure.