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The Great Commission then, the creation of the Christian religion by its resurrected King, has nothing to do with some Disney World version of Christianity we have been sold for far too long—cute, nice, dead. As we prepare, God willing, for future baptisms here at Trinity, I am reminded that far from being a sweet opportunity for pictures and cake, the baptismal rite the risen Christ established that day is a declaration of war against evil. It is the drafting of another human soul into the fight against sin, the flesh, and the devil, and when his parents, Godparents and the congregation as a whole swear to raise a child in the faith—we are saying, ‘Let my death and the death of this child be the ultimate proclamation of Christ’s resurrected life to the world; let the old way to be human die in that water, and let us live together as the resurrected ones.’ We are either signing up for that fight and that death, or we are acting out some kind of empty, useless rite of passage—no more important than our 16th birthday party or the local gender reveal balloon release. The church can only be the church when we are serving as a dying witness whose death points to the reality that lies beyond death. This calling was the terrible responsibility laid on the shoulders of the apostles, and it is the same responsibility we have today as the apostolic church they midwifed into existence.