WATER BAPTISM
Audio: by Fred R. Coulter
Upon genuine, godly repentance and acceptance of Jesus Christ as personal
Savior, the believer must be baptized by complete immersion in water for the
remission of his or her sins. Water baptism symbolizes the death and burial of
each repentant believer--a spiritual co-joining into the death of Jesus Christ.
Through this baptismal death, the believer becomes a partaker of the crucifixion
and death of Jesus Christ, and His blood is applied as full payment for his or
her sins. Rising up out of the water is symbolic of being co-joined into the
resurrection of Jesus Christ. When the believer comes up out of the watery grave
of baptism, he or she rises to newness of life. In order to become a new person,
each baptized believer must be begotten with the Holy Spirit through the laying
on of hands. The believer is then led by the Holy Spirit to walk in loving
obedience to God the Father and faith in Jesus Christ.
Scriptural References:
Acts 2:38 |
Mat. 3:13-16 |
Mat. 28:19-20 |
Col. 2:12 |
Acts 8:12-17 |
Rom. 6:3-13 |
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