if jesus took away all of our sins when he was crucified
why do we still need to be baptised?
2007-03-25 05:22:21 · 15 answers · asked by philosophizer 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
if baptism is just a show of faith
why is it done to babies?
2007-03-25 05:39:35 · update #1
i know baptism washes away origional sin
but if jesus died for our sins shouldnt that have stopped two thousand years ago?
2007-03-25 05:41:04 · update #2
to hedge their bets
2007-03-25 05:27:14 · answer #1 · answered by Rhymes with Camera 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
When Jesus died and was resurrected by God three days later, He took away all your sins. JESUS IS ALIVE now.
He took away all the sins of the world, past present and future. (People that died before Jesus was crucified had their sins forgiven if they had faith that God will in the future come down from Heaven and die for their sins as is written in the Old Testament). But someone will only have their sins forgiven if they ask Jesus take away all their sins. They have the choice to be saved.
You have to pray with your mouth and believe in your heart that Jesus is your Lord and personal saviour and that He died in order to make a way to have your sins forgiven. (Someone can only go to Heaven when all their sins are forgiven). Then by faith the Holy Ghost which is GOD will live in your spirit and the Holy Ghost will guide you in everything that you do.
Now the above process is a very special process. In the Bible it says that the biggest miracle that can happen is when someone is Born Again.
Now - someone gets baptised AFTER they have been saved. The baptism is so important because it is a outward showing of the inward transformation that occured when you got saved. (Believe me when you are Born Again it is like you are a whole new person).
The baptism is so important because it is the BURYING of the OLD SELF. When you are immersed in the water your old filthy self is buried. When you come out of the water you are a NEW CREATION in CHRIST. (All this occurs spiritually but must be done physically ie the baptism).
The above is the dynamics of why we get baptised. But the real main reason why we get baptised is because the BIBLE SAYS so and the Bible is the only Word of God.
Jesus loves you unconditionally. Call on Him and be saved.
2007-03-25 12:46:23 · answer #2 · answered by Saved by Jesus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We don't. That's something that the church does just for ceremony. If Jesus died for evey ones sin there is no need. Baptism, in and of itself, doesn't save people. It's only a symbol of the inward change that has already taken place.
2007-03-25 12:25:09 · answer #3 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Baptism does not remove sin. Only Jesus death at the cross did that. When we are baptised, we are identifying with His death and His ressurrection. It is a testimony of faith
2007-03-25 12:27:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are two ceremonies Jesus gave for every believer to observe-communion and baptism.Why should we get baptized?Because Jesus did,and he did it publicly.Getting baptized tells the world about your faith in Jesus as your Savior.This lets people know that you mean business with God,and that you're going to live for him ,with courage and excitement!Not only does God want you to profess Him by being baptized in water,but He also wants you to be a witness for Him by being filled daily with His Holy Spirit.Why be baptized in the Holy Spirit?Because we need the power to we recieve from it.Acts 1:8 says,"But you shall recieve power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you."We don't need to depend on our own strength and ability.God makes unlimited strength and power available to us through the Holy Spirit.
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2007-03-25 12:42:55 · answer #5 · answered by ♥JESUS IS MY SAVIOR ♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the answer is.... jesus died for what he believed in. what the churches teach edifies themself.the true gospel is what jesus was teaching 2000 yrs ago.the new test was writen 500 yrs after the death of christ, from stories pass down.
if we will focus on jesus and what he was teaching we will have the answer.churches sin more than people
2007-03-25 12:48:53 · answer #6 · answered by johnnie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all people carry the burden of the original sin (dont know what to call it) from adam and eve. baptism is the ceremonial cleansing of that burden, like getting out from under the mistakes of the past. Starting new in faith with God... Thats wat i was taught.
2007-03-25 12:38:01 · answer #7 · answered by Cole_A 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
we do not necessarily need to be baptized...but we follow what jesus did in the scriptures even he was baptized if jesus felt the need to be baptized how much more is the need for us to be baptized. I mean Jesus was Perfect!!
2007-03-25 12:28:07 · answer #8 · answered by ellsoccerlover 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He did not die for our sins, each person is responsible for his or her sins, that's the whole point of life, otherwise this life would just be a chaos of evil. You don´t need a ceremony to feel that you belong to the Church, you only need to belong with the Believers and act like one, with sincerity, it's all in your heart mate !
2007-03-25 12:27:14 · answer #9 · answered by Coexistence 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
we need to be babtised in the spirit water babtism is just for Show the important babtism is when Jesus comes into your life.
2007-03-25 12:27:00 · answer #10 · answered by Mim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
easy as ABCDEFG
ADMIT u are a sinner
BELIEVE JESUS is the Christ
CONFESS your sins before HIM and man
DECIDE to follow HIM forsaking all and let HIS life b ur guide
ETERNAL the walk with HIM will b toward ur goal of eternal
life with HIM
FAITH accepting without seeing a gift of undeserved mercy GRACE God's gift of HIS son to us wile we were yet sinners
2007-03-25 12:32:12 · answer #11 · answered by mmbmw2000 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋