Baptism is a testimony that the old has gone and the new has come for if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. As Israel passed through the waters with their children, leaving behind the furnace of Egypt and pressing on toward what lied ahead, so we pass through waters with our children, leaving behind death and judgment to walk in the light of God’s covenant faithfulness. This good news is received by faith and sealed in baptism. All of this is upheld by the God who can be trusted for He is light and in Him is no darkness, none at all.