Today we recall an 'old' event in history, the Baptism of Our Lord. God's Word teaches us that it is also a 'current' event producing a new creation and new life for each person who is baptized into Jesus Christ. In the beginning God was pleased with his new creation—light (Genesis 1:4); at Jesus' Baptism the Father was pleased with Jesus, his Son (Mark 1:11); and at our Baptism into Christ, we are pleasing to God and therefore are able to "walk in newness of life" (Romans 6:4).