How should someone be
baptized? 
3.
Baptism means to immerse or
submerge something into water.
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baptizo { bap-tid’-zo}
wash 2, baptist 1, baptized 1) to dip,
to immerse, to submerge (of vessels sunk) 3) to
overwhelm
The clearest example that shows the
meaning of baptizo is a text from the Greek poet and physician
Nicander, who lived about 200 B.C. It is a recipe for making
pickles and is helpful because it uses both words.
Nicander says that in order to make a pickle, the
vegetable should first be ‘dipped’ (bapto) into
boiling water and then ‘baptised’ (baptizo) in
the vinegar solution. Both verbs concern the immersing of
vegetables in a solution. But the first is temporary. The
second, the act of baptizing the vegetable, produces a
permanent change.
Bible Study Magazine, James
Montgomery Boice, May 1989.
4.
Jesus was dedicated or presented to the Lord as
an infant.
Luke
2:21-22
21And when eight days were accomplished for
the circumcising of the child, his name was called
JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived
in the womb. 22And when the days of her
purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished,
they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
How old is
Jesus when He is
baptized?
5. Jesus was baptized
as an adult.
Matthew 3:13-16
13Then Jesus came from
Galilee to John at the
Jordan to be baptized by him. 14And
John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be
baptized by You, and are You coming to me?” 15But
Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to
be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to
fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him.
16When He had been baptized, Jesus came up
immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were
opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a
dove and alighting upon
Him.
Why do some churches
baptize infants?
Because according to them ‘we have always done it
that way as long as anyone can remember’. This is known
as church tradition. When we follow
traditions that are not in the bible, we are no longer
following the bible.
God speaks to us through His bible. The bible tells us
that even Jesus was baptized as a grown man. Everyone who is ever
baptized in the bible understood, believed, and then they were
baptized.
How can an infant believe with their whole heart? (Acts
8:37)
I have searched the bible over without
ever finding any evidence of infant baptism. In support of teaching
the bible accurately, we must adhere to teachings, which are
repetitive and find a common thread throughout the bible as a
whole.
Why should someone be
baptized?
6.
Jesus commands us to
‘go and make disciples and baptize them’.
Matthew 28:19 & 20
19 Go therefore and make disciples of
all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and
of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe
all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you
always, even to the end of the age.”
Amen.
When we are baptized, it tells the
world we have changed our minds about sin and we belong to
Jesus.
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