Baptism? Why is it so important?

The main goal of this article is not to attack anyone. I knew, that a lot of Christians and different religions are fighting about all these. And it is sad so say that it made us separate even more. We forgot that we have one common enemy, the dark forces in the air.

So the goal of this article is to look at the Scripture. What baptism is and why it is important

Baptism

Together with communion, it is an ordinance that Jesus gave to us, the church, before going to heaven, to the Father God.

As the church, we should be preaching the gospel, the truth in love. We should make disciple and baptize also those we made disciple for Him. The day when we became a real Christian, we were baptized with the Holy Spirit that God sent us to live inside of us.

When Jesus went to Father God in heaven, the disciples didn't know what to do so they started praying, and the Holy Spirit came.

So when the day we becoma a real Christian,we received the Holy Spirit. We bacame a part of the body of Christ, a family of God, and we became brothers and sisters in Christ because we have the same Spirit, in all of us.

Black, white, brown, culture, it doesn’t matter. With all the racist things going on in the world. We Christians, we’re different. I am not a brown Christian. I am a Christian first that happen to be brown. Do you get the idea? This is the amazing thing about being a Christian. Having God’s Spirit within us. And we are a body of Christ. A family in Christ.

Baptism with water

It is the reenactment, of the baptism by the Spirit. When you read Scripture and you see that Jesus died for you. When you accepted it. It’s not just Jesus who died for you, but you died with Christ. Your old nature. The person you used to be, who lived in sin. That person died with Christ on the cross.

So first, when you are baptized, you are put under the water. This means, it symbolize that you died with Christ.

So remember, when you are baptized, it symbolizes you die with Christ. And then when you come out of the water, it represents that you are spiritually reborn. Newness of life. A new creation. Before you are saved, you are spiritually dead, because of your sin.

The word baptism means, to emerge. So you under the water, die with Christ. Rise from the water, rise with Christ. It shows how God changed you, as a person. You were dead, spiritually. And now He raised you and gave you spiritual life.

When you are baptized, you openly say to the world, that you are now a real reborn Christian. That you’ve been born again. You turned away from your old sinful lifestyle, and you turned to God, in newness in life. A new spiritual relationship. A loving relationship between you and the living God.

Baptism, illustrates your death, burial, and resurrection with Jesus Christ. And baptism with the Holy Spirit, happens inside of you. God changes you as a person inside. It’s a miracle that only god can do. And then baptism with the water, is the outside testimony of what happens to you inside. So it is associated with your salvation. And very importantly, baptism is an act of obedience. Because God said, that we have to be baptized, when we come to faith.

First, we believe in God. We testify it with our mouth. We ask Him to forgive us and to come and change us. And to make us a new person. So He justifies us and he gives us the Holy Spirit.