Water baptism signifies being buried with Christ in death and raised to walk in newness of life. Baptism is a symbol of salvation in that it pictures Christ's death, burial and resurrection and our identification with Him as our Savior. In reality, believers are literally saved by what baptism symbolizes, the death, burial and resurrection of Christ. (Romans 1:16; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
“Water baptism
signifies being buried with Christ in death and raised to walk in newness of life. Baptism is a
symbol of salvation in that it
pictures Christ's death, burial and resurrection and our identification with Him as our Savior”
First How many baptisms are there ?
“There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.”
Ephesians 4:4-6 KJV
cant we just call baptism baptism and acknowledge it’s something they did in water when someone believed ?
“And as they went on their way,
they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See,
here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said,
If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said,
I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and
they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.”
Acts 8:36-38 KJV
thats baptism it’s done in water there’s no reason for us to say “ water “ baptism. There’s just one, it’s something they did in water.
The Bible never says “ water baptism “ but it tells us clearly baptism was done in water
just like it tells us it’s done in the
name of the one who died for our sins and rose up again.
Just as it tells us why it’s done for remission of sins.
My one question is why do you consider something we’re taught so much about what it means , symbolism ?
“Then Peter said unto them,
Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, ( is this the right reason for baptism in Jesus name ?)
and
ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
For
the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even
as many as the Lord our God shall call. And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying,
Save yourselves from this untoward generation.”
Acts 2:38-40 KJV
why do you consider this Jesus commanding his disciples to carry out symbolism ?
“And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: in whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in
putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;”
Colossians 2:10-13 KJV
don’t you believe what Paul’s teaching here and how baptism fits into it ?
“putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.”
people here talk about how Gods gonna circumcise thoer flesh for them and his word tells them he’s already provided the way to circumcise the flesh
people here talk about dying to the old sinful nature how gods gonna do that for us and how he’s gonna make us new …..his word tells us he’s already provided a way to accomplish this
“Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin.”
Romans 6:3-7 KJV
people here say “ we’re dead to the law “ gods word continues on with Paul’s teaching there about dying with Jesus in baptism and tells us
Know ye not, that
so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death……
“
Wherefore,
my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead,
that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
For
when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. ( before the corcumcision of Christ taught m Colossians 2 concerning baptism )
But
now we are delivered from the law, ( we died with Jesus to the law when baptized o to his death for our sins ) that being dead wherein we were held;
that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.”
Romans 7:4-6
If it’s just symbolic to get baptized into Christ Jesus ….why is there so much doctrine taught about how important it is and what it means ?
I believe it’s an
act of faith that we do because we believe what they preached and has immense meaning
people talk about being clothed with Christ , being children of God and his hiers the hiers together with Christ
“For ye are all the children of God
by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
There is
neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female:
for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.”
Galatians 3:26-29 KJV
But we never seem to tie the doctrine they are teaching to anything we want to sort of teach our own thing .
Jesus didn’t command symbolism he and his apostles taught doctrine , soul saving doctrine
People don’t act right because they don’t believe right if we believed the things the Bible teaches about baptism every believer would want to joyfully get baptized understanding why they are doing it
symbolism isn’t why brother
study the doctrine about baptism in the scriptures just listening to what they are teaching about it
and I bet your thought about it may change a little bit