Why baptism is important for christians

When we follow His example in the waters of baptism, we're publicly confessing our faith in the Savior and identifying ourselves with Him. Baptism allows us to demonstrate our connection with Jesus and with our brothers and sisters in Christ. We're all members of one body under the authority of the same Lord. But it's important to remember that Ephesians says faith in Jesus Christ is the only requirement for salvation, not baptism. But, to fulfill His command, we're to be baptized following our decision to accept Him into our lives.

In Baptism, Jesus is speaking to the believer, to the assembled congregation, and to the watching world, identifying this person with himself in death, in burial, and in resurrection. And so in Baptism, what you have is a sign of an execution. It's a sign of a drowning. This is the reason why, when Jesus is baptized, John the Baptist can't believe it. Jesus comes to him and says, "I want to be baptized by you," and John says, "No, no, no, I need be baptized by you.

Why is John so alarmed by this? Well, it's because of what he's doing with baptism. He's saying, "You're a bunch of snakes, you need to come under the judgment of God. Well, water is scary. You go under water, you can't breathe. It's a picture of death and of the grave, and always has been, Biblically. The flood, God floods the world, that is a baptism, Peter tells us in 1st Peter, chapter 3. God sends Jonah into the deep, into the water, it is his judgment upon Jonah.

God ultimately baptizes the world with fire, and engulfs and immerses the world in fire. So when Jesus says, "I want to be baptized," John is alarmed by this because this is the sinless son of God. It is done using total immersion, where the person being baptised walks down into a pool and is fully submerged three times before walking out into their new life. What does baptising do?

Cleanses original sin. The Church recognizes the validity of Baptism in other Christian Churches as long as the rite involved the pouring of or immersion in water, a Trinitarian formula, and the intention to baptize. Those who have been baptized have been saved by their faith in Christ and the grace of Baptism. Baptism seals the Christian with the indelible spiritual mark character of his belonging to Christ.

No sin can erase this mark, even if sin prevents Baptism from bearing the fruits of salvation. This spiritual mark is also called a character, which St. Augustine likened to distinctive brandings impressed upon soldiers and slaves during Roman times to signify the commander or owner to whom they belonged. Baptism marks us permanently as belonging to Christ, whose image we bear. It is done using total immersion, where the person being baptised walks down into a pool and is fully submerged three times before walking out into their new life.

Baptism Baptism is an important sacrament because Jesus was baptised, and after his resurrection he told his disciples that they too should be baptised. Two pastors fully submerge a man during his believers' baptism.