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Thoughts on Mosiah 18 on the Day of Your Baptism

[I was asked to give a talk this morning for a young friend's baptism. In the LDS church, children may choose to be baptised when they are eight years old. Later in the day, one of nephews chose to enter the covenant of baptism, also. What follows is the message I shared with my young friend and what I would have said to my nephew if he had asked.] Today is your Baptism Day. As a child who has been raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, you have heard about this day at least once or twice a week every week for your entire life. For the past few months, you’ve probably been talking about this every day. That means that you’ve heard about or talked about baptism nearly a thousand times by now. My point, other than showing that math is something we use every day, is that there is probably very little I can say that you’ve haven’t heard yet. However, as you asked me to share a few thoughts, so here we are. When it comes to baptism, there is probably no scripture cit