Text: Acts 2:1-21

As we celebrate the day of Pentecost, we know that many were baptized that day after they heard the Gospel of the death and resurrection of Jesus.  The death and resurrection of Jesus is what we are baptized into.  And in Baptism we receive forgiveness of sins, we are rescued from death and the devil and given eternal life.  Faith is also present in Baptism as given by the Holy Spirit.  As we also celebrate Confirmation, we see these young people who had been brought to the baptismal font confirm their faith that was given to them in their baptism.