T HE P RESENT T ENSE OF B APTISM Shepherd of the Springs Institute for Christian Studies

PRESENTTENSEPRESENTTENSE OFBAPTISMOFBAPTISM AGAIN... & AGAIN... DEATH OF OLD ADAM NEW LIFE IN CHRIST CRUSHING OF THE LAW RESTORATION OF THE GOSPEL *GOD’S WORK IN BAPTISM BRINGS A DEATH OF THE OLD ADAM AND THE CREATION OF A NEW LIFE IN CHRIST. *HIS MINISTRY OF LAW AND GOSPEL CONTINUES THIS WORK OF BAPTISM DAILY IN THE LIFE OF THE CHRISTIAN.

PRESENTTENSEPRESENTTENSE OFBAPTISMOFBAPTISM DEATH OF OLD ADAM NEW LIFE IN CHRIST THE CRUSHING OF THE LAW BRINGS THE WRATH OF GOD ACCUSES AND CONDEMNS CRUCIFIES THE FLESH’S WORKS *THE CRUSHING OF THE LAW IS GOD’S DROWNING OF THE OLD ADAM FROM WITHIN.

PRESENTTENSEPRESENTTENSE OFBAPTISMOFBAPTISM DEATH OF OLD ADAM NEW LIFE IN CHRIST CROSS & TRIALS IN VOCATION FATIGUE AND WEARINESS SUFFERING LOSS OF HEALTH *THE OLD ADAM IS CRUSHED FROM THE OUTSIDE BY TRIALS, SUFFERING, AND TRIBULATIONS THAT COME FROM LIVING AND SERVING IN THIS FALLEN WORLD.

BRINGS THE GOD OF MERCY RESTORES AND FORGIVES BESTOWS THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST MATURES FAITH MATURES THE NEW CREATION PRESENTTENSEPRESENTTENSE OFBAPTISMOFBAPTISM DEATH OF OLD ADAM NEW LIFE IN CHRIST RESTORATION OF THE GOSPEL *THE GIFTS AND BLESSINGS OF BAPTISM COME TO THE CHRISTIAN - AGAIN AND AGAIN - IN THE GOSPEL AS IT IS RECEIVED IN HOLY ABSOLUTION, THE PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD, AND IN THE LORD’S SUPPER.