Baptism is a step of obedience that Jesus requires of his followers, as it displays the gospel and gives us an opportunity to publicly profess our faith in Jesus. In the act of baptism, we unite by faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus our Lord.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit...
Matthew 28:19
Four truths we believe about baptism:
Baptism publicly declares your repentance
All throughout Scripture, we see that to be baptized is to repent. Baptism symbolizes us walking out of the wilderness of our sin and into the new life of faith and obedience.
Baptism is by immersion
There are two reasons why we submerge people. First, that’s how they did it in the Bible. Second, we submerge people because of what it symbolizes. In baptism, old life is being buried with Jesus and raised to walk in newness of life.
Baptism is not a condition of but evidence of salvation
We believe baptism demonstrates your conversion; it’s not a pre-condition of that conversion.
Baptism is incredibly important
Your baptism is like a flag you put in the ground that signifies for you and to everyone else that you have turned away from your old way of living and have turned toward your new life in Christ, with Him having complete control.
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