The Monday after the Sixth Sunday after Trinity Sunday
Posted on July 13, 2026 by under
Scripture: St. Mark 1:9-11 (NKJV)
1:9 It came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove. 11 Then a voice came from heaven, “You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Devotion
“You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
These words do not just apply to Jesus in the Jordan River. These words are applied to those who are baptized. The Father’s disposition towards the Son is His disposition to all who are in the Son. Through His gift of grace, the Father sees you as His beloved. He is well pleased with you because of the alien righteousness of Christ that is in baptism. Because the Father speaks it of His Son, He speaks it of you. The Word of God attached to the water creates what it says.
“He who believes and is baptized will be saved” (Mark 16:16). These promises attached to baptism are the greatest comfort to the Christian. They have their power from God’s veracity and reliability. Not only may we believe these promises from God, we have no right to disbelieve them. To refuse to accept God’s proclamation is to call God a liar. “Let God be true but every man a liar” (Rom. 3:4). God’s Word is reliable and unbreakable. Our standing before God does not depend on us. It is God’s gracious Word that creates faith and gives us eternal life. Cling to baptism as God’s unbreakable promise.
Collect: Lord of all power and might, Who art the Author and Giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of Thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of Thy great mercy keep us in the same; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever One God, world without end. Amen.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
