Baptism (from the Greek noun βάπτισμα baptisma; see below) is a Christian sacrament of admission and adoption, almost invariably with the use of water, into the Christian Church generally and also a particular church.
Romans 6:4 NIV
We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
Colossians 2:12 NIV
having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
The Baptism is the confirmation or acceptance of Jesus Christ as the Savior. Its significance goes way back to the period of Noah's. The Baptism symbolizes the same manner in which God submerged the entire world in water, cleansing everything. Now through the Blood of Jesus Christ. We are dead along with him on the cross, our sinful nature has been put to death and we are a new creation resurrected with him and alive.
We are to be Born Again:
John 3:3 NIV
Jesus replied, "Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again."
Romans 6:4 NIV
We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
Colossians 2:12 NIV
having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
The Baptism is the confirmation or acceptance of Jesus Christ as the Savior. Its significance goes way back to the period of Noah's. The Baptism symbolizes the same manner in which God submerged the entire world in water, cleansing everything. Now through the Blood of Jesus Christ. We are dead along with him on the cross, our sinful nature has been put to death and we are a new creation resurrected with him and alive.
1 Peter 3:17-22English Standard Version (ESV)
17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.
18 For Christ also suffered[a] once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous,that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, 19 in which[b] he went and proclaimed[c] to the spirits in prison,20 because[d] they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. 21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.
We are to be Born Again:
John 3:3 NIV
Jesus replied, "Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again."
Galatians 2:20English Standard Version (ESV)
20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God,who loved me and gave himself for me.
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