A Wedding & A Reaffirmation of Covenant Love

Baptism is like a wedding. It is a covenant act, a relationship-making agreement, in which commitments are made. A couple may love one another. But feelings can go up and down. That is why marriage is so important. In a wedding two people bind themselves to one another in covenantal commitment. It provides a solid foundation to marriage. God has done the same with us. He has made a covenant. He has bound himself to us. And baptism symbolizes that commitment.

If baptism is like a wedding, then Communion is like an embrace. Communion is the reaffirmation of covenant love. Christ comes…