A: All of the baptisms
in the New Testament are similar in one regard: all believed first and
then immediately followed Christ’s example of baptism by immersion in water.
Baptism is announcing that one has chosen for himself to put his
faith in Jesus Christ as his Lord, as well as for his salvation. Immersion is the act of being totally
submerged in liquid. Baptism by
total immersion symbolizes, through a living picture, our death to sin, the burial
of our old life, and the resurrection to walk in a new life with Jesus Christ
as your Lord.
I
was christened as a baby, but I did not get BAPTIZED until I has heard about
the sacrifice that Christ has made for my sins.
I admitted that I could not get to Heaven by my own good deeds and that
I had sin in my life. Romans 3:23 NTL “For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of
God's glorious standard.” I
believed that if I asked Christ to save me that He would faithfully do
that. Romans 10:13 NLT "Everyone
who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved." I confessed my sins to the Lord and
repented (which means to go the other direction). Romans 10:9-10 NLT “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord
and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be
saved. For it is by believing in your
heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth
that you are saved.”
Baptism
is an outward sign of an inward change; therefore after I admitted, believed,
and confessed, then I was baptized.
Acts 16:29-34 MSG “Sirs, what do I have to do to be saved, to really
live?" They said, "Put your entire trust in the Master Jesus. Then
you'll live as you were meant to live… They went on to spell out in detail the
story of the Master… he couldn't wait till morning!—was baptized, he and
everyone in his family. There in his home, he had food set out for a festive
meal. It was a night to remember: He and his entire family had put their trust
in God; everyone in the house was in on the celebration.”
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