What we find in the Bible about baptism: Biblical baptism involves repentance, dying to serving sin symbolised by burial (immersion) in water, rising to a new life of serving God, symbolised by coming up out of the water. Romans 6:3-6 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus [...]
Answers about baptism
Further details from the questioner: In Act 19:1-7 we read that Paul baptizes some Brethren who had already been baptized by John, does this make John’s baptism invalid, and if so, what about Christ’s own Baptism? The validity of a baptism depends not on who is the baptizer, but on the person being baptized. Although [...]
Yes, these are the two ways of describing the same baptism. The first description is based on Matthew 28 where Jesus told his disciples Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19) Notice that it is [...]
You should wait. The Bible links baptism with belief and repentance. For example: Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins (Acts 2:38) But when they believed Philip as he preached good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus [...]
The simple answer is we don’t know. Consider this verse from Mark 16:16: “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned” It is clear what will happen to those who believe and are baptised. It is also clear what will happen to those who don’t believe, whether [...]
Revelation 20:4-5 says: “And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was committed to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God, who had not worshipped the beast or his image, and had not received his mark [...]
It’s never too late, and your sins can be forgiven. The people in the church in Corinth had done all sorts of sinful things (1 Cor 6:9) but Paul says “But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” [...]
Baptism symbolically washes away our sins and we are born again to start a new life in Christ. For example, And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. [...]
Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ (John 3:7) Jesus said this when talking to the Pharisee, Nicodemus. A few verses earlier we read Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, [...]
A short answer to this question, is through faith in Jesus Christ who offered himself as a sacrifice for sin. A more detailed answer: We are sanctified or made holy, by the word of God and through the offering of the body of Jesus (John 17:17-19). How does this happen? God’s seed or gospel takes [...]
