Baptism calls for celebration!
Doors open 1pm. Ceremony begins 2pm.
Location: 8681 N. Chestnut Ave. Clovis, CA 93619
Rock Bottom celebrates baptism for two important reasons.
The first, making a public declaration of faith in Jesus Christ is worthy of celebration. We encourage all who have chosen or been drawn to Christ, to be bold in faith by not hiding nor being ashamed of the message of Jesus Christ. Praise God!
The second reason we celebrate baptism is because of our hope in Jesus. We know a belief rooted in the obedience of Christ requires a baptism of the Holy Spirit. We celebrate this as an individual commits deeply to a proclamation of repentance. Not only a proclaiming of faith, but an inviting of the Holy Spirit relationally is worthy to be celebrated. By being baptized in the name Jesus we commit our minds, hearts, and lives to the ways of following Jesus in the fullest. We are inviting his Holy Spirit to begin and/or to continue transforming us in His image and holiness. Baptism is not distinguished only in our mind, but in our spirit, as the Holy Spirit guides us to live into the wholeness and righteousness of Jesus.
Yes, we are publicly declaring our faith, but we are more importantly celebrating the surrendering of ourselves to God, in Jesus, and by the power of his Holy Spirit, growing in the grace and love of God. The sacrament of baptism means to participate, by faith, in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Jesus is truly Lord of our lives as the old is gone and the new has come! For this, we celebrate!
Scriptures:
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."
(Acts 2: 38)
"What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his." (Romans 6: 1-5)
"I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire."
(Matthew 3: 11)
"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
(Matthew 28: 19-20)