II Timothy 2:11-13
This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, we shall also live with Him. If we endure, we shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us. If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.
In holy baptism we are “ingrafted into Christ”. It is a sacrament, which means it is much more than a physical act. It is God-infused. It is God’s action, regenerating us to new life in Christ. We are, in an unseen yet very real sense, ‘buried with Him in baptism and raised to new life”. This is true even with infants; this is how the ancient church understood baptism, even as they acknowledged its mystery. Sacraments are mysteries.
