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WATER
BAPTISM
Copyright 1985,1993,2001,2007
Crossroads Full Gospel
International Ministries
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CONTENTS
WATER BAPTISM....................................................................1
WATER BAPTISM IN THE SCRIPTURES........................2
THE PURPOSE OF WATER BAPTISM..............................4
HOW ARE WE TO BE BAPTIZED ?..................................6
WHEN ARE WE TO BE BAPTIZED ?................................7
IS WATER BAPTISM ESSENTIAL FOR SALVATION ?. .8
IS WATER BAPTISM NECESSARY OR OPTIONAL ?.....9
WHY DO WE NEED TO BE WATER-BAPTIZED ?........10
THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING GOD’S TEACHING
ON WATER BAPTISM.......................................................11
CONCLUSION...................................................................12
WATER BAPTISM
Congratulations on beginning your new life in Christ.
You are
now a child of God (John 1:12), your sins are forgiven and you have
the Holy Spirit dwelling within (1 Corinthians 6:19).
You have
already taken the most important step in life, but it is important that
you follow up on this step with a commitment to seek the Word of
God diligently and to obey all that it commands in the power of His
grace.
One of the commands which is necessary to our obedience to
Christ is that of water baptism.
Let’s explore this intriguing subject,
even if only briefly at this point, so that we may know and
understand its purpose in the life of the Christian.
Note: You may have been a Christian for some time.
Know that
the truths of water baptism apply to you also and are important to
your spiritual growth and your walk with the Lord.
“. .
.It is important that you follow up on
this step with a commitment to seek the
Word of God diligently and to obey all
that it commands in the power of His
grace. .
.”
For the Christian, water baptism is like a wedding ceremony in
which one pronounces one’s vows, speaking them forth before a
public gathering which is present to witness the event.
Water baptism
performs the same function before God, and represents a vow
presented to the world, to oneself, to the enemy and to the sin nature
- a vow of commitment.
It is also a symbolic demonstration of death
to the old man (the old unregenerate self) and life to the new man,
raised in “newness of life” (Romans 6:4).
All this is symbolized as
we go down into the water and are then brought up out of it.
In this
way we demonstrate that we have died to what we were, and now
have new life through God’s saving presence surrounding our spirit,
a cleansed spirit and the impartation of the Divine Nature through
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Divine connection in Christ.
As a new creature in Christ, through the
action of water baptism we are also making a public declaration of
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