
Jesus says: Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father & the son & the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 28:19
19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
Acceptance, Significance, Security/Safety
When we (humans) had it. When we lost it. How to find it.
Matthew 3:14
14 But John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?”
Why be baptized? What’s the symbolism?
Acts 2:38
38 Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 8:36
36 As they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?”
Christians Differ: Our Beliefs & Practices
Romans 6:3–7
3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; 7 for he who has died is freed from sin.