Identity is not a means of self-fabrication, but identity in Christ something to receive because we are in Christ and belong to him.

More Than Marks of Faith

When many Christians today think about the sacraments of baptism and communion, they think of them primarily as acts that we perform. That is, that they’re testimonies or marks of our personal profession, faith, and commitment to Jesus Christ. And while they certainly are that, they’re far more than that.

The historic church has affirmed throughout the ages that baptism and communion are, first and foremost, divine gifts. They’re gifts from our triune God so that we may know him and commune with him, love him, and serve him better. So they teach us and they preach to us the gospel, showing us in physical, tangible form both whose we are and who we are.

They teach us that we are primarily people in Christ.

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