(CC) The Order of Holy Baptism [Orden del Santo Bautismo]

HOLY BAPTISM TEXT TAKEN FROM CHRISTIAN WORSHIP, WELS, 1993 M: THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AND THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BE WITH YOU. C: AND ALSO WITH YOU. [CONFESSION OF SINS] M: OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST COMMANDED BAPTISM WHEN HE SAID: "GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT." ALL OF US ARE BORN INTO THIS WORLD WITH A DEEP NEED FOR BAPTISM. FROM OUR PARENTS WE INHERIT A SINFUL NATURE; WE ARE WITHOUT TRUE FEAR OF GOD AND TRUE FAITH IN GOD AND ARE CONDEMNED TO ETERNAL DEATH. BUT JESUS TOOK AWAY OUR SIN BY GIVING HIS LIFE ON THE CROSS. AT OUR BAPTISM HE CLOTHES US WITH THE ROBE OF HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND GIVES US A NEW LIFE. OUR SINFUL NATURE NEED NOT CONTROL US ANY LONGER. WE RECALL WHAT BAPTISM MEANS FOR OUR DAILY LIVES AS WE SPEAK THESE WORDS: C: BAPTISM MEANS THAT THE SINFUL NATURE IN US SHOULD BE DROWNED BY DAILY SORROW AND REPENTANCE, AND THAT ALL ITS EVIL DEEDS AND DESIRES BE PUT TO DEATH. IT ALSO MEANS THAT A NEW PERSON SHOULD DAILY ARISE TO LIVE BEFORE GOD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PURITY FOREVER. M: AS BAPTIZED CHILDREN OF GOD WE CONFESS OUR SINS: C: HOLY AND MERCIFUL FATHER, I CONFESS THAT I AM BY NATURE SINFUL, AND THAT I HAVE DISOBEYED YOU IN MY THOUGHTS, WORDS, AND ACTIONS. I HAVE DONE WHAT IS EVIL AND FAILED TO DO WHAT IS GOOD. FOR THIS I DESERVE YOUR PUNISHMENT BOTH NOW AND IN ETERNITY. BUT I AM TRULY SORRY FOR MY SINS, AND TRUSTING IN MY SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, I PRAY: LORD, HAVE MERCY ON ME, A SINNER. M: GOD, OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, HAS BEEN MERCIFUL TO US AND HAS GIVEN HIS ONLY SON TO BE THE ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS. THEREFORE, AS A CALLED SERVANT OF CHRIST AND BY HIS AUTHORITY, I FORGIVE YOU ALL YOUR SINS IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON [SIGNS THE CROSS] AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. C: AMEN. [SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM] I'D LIKE THE FAMILY YOU MAY NOW BRING THE CHILDREN UP FOR FOR THE BAPTISM. [PASTOR STEVE REMOVES COVER OF THE BAPTISMAL FONT] PLEASE STAND OVER HERE. [THE CHILDREN BEGIN COMING FORWARD TO THE ALTAR.] PLEASE STAND OVER HERE. PLEASE STAND OVER HERE. COME OVER PLEASE. THANK YOU. YOU CAN STAND RIGHT THERE. YOU CAN BE FIRST. M: IN OBEDIENCE TO THE COMMAND OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST AND TRUSTING IN HIS PROMISE, YOU HAVE BROUGHT THESE THREE CHILDREN TO BE BAPTIZED. JESUS TOLD US: "LET THE LITTLE CHILDREN COME TO ME AND DO NOT HINDER THEM FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD BELONGS TO SUCH AS THESE." IT IS IN BAPTISM THAT GOD GRANTS THE NEW LIFE OF FORGIVENESS, JOY, AND PEACE TO LITTLE CHILDREN. BY THE POWER OF GOD'S WORD, THIS GRACIOUS WATER OF LIFE WASHES AWAY YOUR SIN, DELIVERS FROM DEATH AND THE DEVIL, AND GIVES ETERNAL SALVATION TO ALL WHO BELIEVE. M: JOE, RECEIVE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS ON YOUR HEAD AND ON YOUR HEART TO MARK YOU AS A REDEEMED CHILD OF GOD. PLEASE BEND YOUR HEAD A LITTLE OVER. OKAY. JOE DRAVEN LUNA, I BAPTIZE YOU IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. YOU CAN HOLD ONTO THAT IF YOU WOULD. OKAY? ALRIGHT AMANDA ... [INAUDIBLE] AMANDA NICOLE LUNA, I BAPTIZE YOU IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. THERE YOU GO. JOSH, WOULD YOU COME UP HERE? OKAY, I CAN COME OVER THERE. JOSHUA MATTHEW LUNA, I BAPTIZE YOU IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] LET'S PRAY: THE ALMIGHTY GOD --- FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT --- HAS FORGIVEN ALL YOUR SINS. BY YOUR BAPTISM, YOU ARE BORN AGAIN AND MADE A DEAR CHILD OF YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN. MAY GOD STRENGTHEN YOU TO LIVE IN YOUR BAPTISMAL GRACE ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE. PEACE BE WITH YOU. I'D LIKE THE CONGREGATION TO PLEASE STAND. TO PLEASE STAND. M: BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST: OUR LORD COMMANDS THAT WE TEACH HIS PRECIOUS TRUTHS TO ALL WHO ARE BAPTIZED. CHRISTIAN LOVE THEREFORE URGES ALL OF US, ESPECIALLY PARENTS TO ASSIST IN WHATEVER MANNER POSSIBLE SO THAT AMANDA, JOE AND JOSH MAY REMAIN CHILDREN OF GOD UNTIL DEATH. IF YOU ARE WILLING TO CARRY OUT THIS RESPONSIBILITY, THEN ANSWER: YES, AS GOD GIVES ME STRENGTH. C: YES, AS GOD GIVES ME STRENGTH. M: LET US PRAY: MERCIFUL FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSING OF BAPTISM BY WHICH YOU OFFER AND GRANT THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS, LIFE, AND SALVATION. HELP US TO REGARD OUR BAPTISM AS THE ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WE ARE TO WEAR ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIFE. LOOK WITH SPECIAL FAVOR ON AMANDA, JOSH AND JOE AND GRANT THEM A RICH MEASURE OF YOUR SPIRIT THAT THEY MAY GROW IN FAITH AND GODLY LIVING. MAKE US WILLING TO CARRY OUT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED, SO THAT ALL OF US MAY FINALLY COME TO THE BLESSED JOYS OF HEAVEN, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. C: AMEN. PLEASE GO IN PEACE AND RETURN TO YOUR SEATS.