You are my son, the Beloved

God crying out this line leaves us with no doubt about the identity of Jesus. When John tells us that Jesus will baptize us with the Holy Spirit and Fire, I believe him. If we only knew what actually happened to us at our Baptism. How we are transformed. How we die and rise with Christ. I knew a guy in my corporate job who had his Baptismal certificate hanging up in his office. I asked him why he had his certificate there. He said it was the most important certification he had out of all his various technical certifications and degrees. HIs name was John.