This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior;Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;which he poured out upon us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
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… done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy by the washing of regeneration and the renewal of the Holy Spirit whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. In verse 7 there, that word heirs clues us into the fact that through baptism we are seeing a picture of that spiritual blessing of becoming a member of the family of God and thus having access to the rights and the privileges of being his children, his inheritance. To be called a child of God is to experience that cleansing of Christ pictured in baptism. Now, besides just this image, this pointing to being a sign, sacraments are also seals. They confirm promises for us. Turn with me back to Romans chapter 6, which we read just a moment ago in our New Testament reading. there is more going on than simply a reminder or simply a memorial or a symbol here do you not know romans chapter 6 verse 3 says that all of us who have been baptized into christ jesus were baptized into his death we were buried therefore with him by baptism into death in order that just as christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the father we too might walk in newness of life. Paul is highlighting this personal connection between receiving a sign and receiving real spiritual benefits from our Redeemer. …
… and the renewal of the Holy Spirit whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior and so it's the Holy Spirit who regenerates us who raises us up to new life, as it were, giving us faith and repentance as we hear the gospel, which is the power of God unto salvation to all who believe. And Paul tells us that all of this happens by his mercy. And the catechism tells us that all of this happens by his power, not ours. And that should be an encouragement to us. Well, if it's not from us, we might wonder, well, where does that power come from? Well, it comes from God, yes. But hear what Peter says in 1 Peter 1 and verse 3. He says, Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. According to his great mercy, He has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Friends, that means we have been born again. …
woods ring with the melody of "happy birds that hymn their rapture in the ear of God." The cattle on a thousand hills low out His praises and winged insects in countless numbers hum their joy! The world is His temple in which everything speaks of His Glory! Some glimpses of His goodness may be perceived in Providence, too. The history of man is the unrolling of the volume of Divine Benevolence to a great extent. That silver thread runs through all the web of human history. Yet, my Brothers and Sisters, these are but glimpses, for, alas, in Creation (and in Providence, too) much is to be seen of the terror and of the Justice of God as well as of His goodness. Earthquakes swallow cities. Storms sweep away not only the possessions men own, but the men, themselves, who own the possessions. Shipwrecks are constantly occurring and the sea is a vast cemetery. Dire famines are still abroad. Fell diseases stalk forth and mow down their helpless victims. The Lord Most High is terrible, yet surely He is good! His decrees are inscrutable. What then? We must be always ready to worship Him with resignation as well as with exultation, with bated breath as well as with grateful song. Tell me of the goodness of God to the whole animate Creation! Commend me to the tiny insects that dance in the sunbeams of His widespread benevolence and I tell you that He is great in power! His ways baffle our scrutiny. For by one chill wind, by one cold frost, in the course of a night millions of millions of those creatures perish at once! Behold, therefore, the goodness and severity of God! Whether in Creation or in Providence, between the tenderness that fosters life and the sternness that destroys life, the balance is held so steadily that we can but get glimpses of God's goodness by broadly surveying or minutely examining them. …