does your outward behaviour change after baptism? Would you notice on the outside that a person had changed?

Question

I need to know different opinions and stuff.

Answer 1

If you mean side effects, it can cause drowsiness, or nausea. You should be careful operating heavy equipment for the first 30 days after baptism.

Some older people may experience a loss of bone density for a few months after baptism, seldom to the extent that they ascend into heaven.

Love and blessings Don

Answer 2

In my religious organization one would have to make the behavior changes before baptism.

Baptism is a dedication to doing God's Will just as Jesus presented himself for baptism even though the whole nation was dedicated to God.

When the "heavens were opened up" at Jesus' baptism it is thought that his prehuman existence with God was unveiled again. He then would be able to focus on the prophecies that would have to be fulfilled.

For the vast majority of religious organizations Baptism is merely an emotional decision that does not change the core of the person, nor does it change the moral compass that they have followed previously.

As Paul stated to the ones there in Ephesus:

"But YOU did not learn the Christ to be so, 21 provided, indeed, that YOU heard him and were taught by means of him, just as truth is in Jesus, 22 that YOU should put away the old personality which conforms to YOUR former course of conduct and which is being corrupted according to his deceptive desires; 23 but that YOU should be made new in the force actuating YOUR mind, 24 and should put on the new personality which was created according to God’s will in true righteousness and loyalty." - Ephesians 4:20-24

Answer 3

Biblical baptism (by immersion, after salvation) is a bit like a wedding.
At a wedding you make a lifelong committment to a person in the presence of witnesses. If you later fail to keep the promises you made, the witnesses have a right (maybe a duty) to remind you of your promises.

At your baptism, you are declaring to witnesses through this symbol of death, burial, & resurrection, that you have committed your life to being a follower of Jesus Christ.

Following the pattern laid down in Acts 2:41-42, after your baptism you should be added to a church of God. There you will be able to serve God in the way He appointed.

Romans 6:1-4
What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning, so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don't you know that all of us who were baptised into Christ Jesus were baptised into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

Answer 4

No, absolutely not. Baptism is just a ceremony, and nothing else. When a person is born again-their whole life changes and does their outward appearance. Public baptism should follow salvation (being born again), it is useless for it to come before. Actually baptism is useless anyway. It is a term that means "to wash".

Answer 5

Well when I was Baptised by the Holy Spirit, I asked somebody if they noticed anything different....They said No (other than my actions had changed...but I looked the same).

But on the inside I was over flowing with the Holy Spirit....I was made Alive. I realized how Dead I was, and how Alive I am now....but physically, goes unnoticed by others.

Now Afterwards, when I told the church I had been baptised by the Holy Spirit, and now wanted to be baptised in water to become a deciple...this was several months later after I figured out in Scripture what had happend to me.... I imagine I physically looked Wet. Because I was physically dunked in water....

2 different steps in a baptism...1 spiritual, 1 physical....

spiritual....goes unnoticed unless you change your behavior
physical....makes you look wet!!!

Answer 6

You wouldn't notice a change AFTER Baptism. Any change would have taken place BEFORE, hence, presumably, the reason for Baptism. The Bible says, "... if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation; old things have passed away: behold, all things have become new". A sign of a Christian is a change for the better.

Answer 7

Baptism itself is simply a public profession of faith. It has no power to change you. It does not bring the Holy Spirit to live in you. In Acts 2 the Holy Spirit entered disciples who had not been baptized. It is accepting Jesus that should change you outward and inward behavior.

Answer 8

I don't think that a person changes in their outward appearance. However, a person could be changed on the inside because of a commitment they make or how they will live their lives, including their conduct and outlook on life. That outlook on life could impact on how they walk spiritually as well as physically as well as their nonverbal signals and how they treat others.

Answer 9

The change is slow and barely perceptible.
It happens over a long period of time.
In my case everyone knew right away.
I was one of those bonkers ones.
Off the wall, a loose cannon.
Like a large bell when it is hit with a
hammer. The ring is intense at first and then in a while the ring diminishes with intensity. It took 14 years in my case. WOWSER!

Answer 10

Yes. Absolutely.

Jesus said we first had to repent and then be baptised. That excludes infant baptism, obviously. Jesus was reaching out to adults who first had to acknowledge their need to align their lives in harmony with God's will. That requires humility, and a desire to please God. The act of baptism (which Jesus himself underwent) is not a mere sprinkling of water on someone's head, but a full bodily immersion which signifies dying to a previous life and being symbolicaly born again to living as a Christian.

10 years ago I was baptised, publicly. I invited all our friends to attend. To my amazement, they all turned up. I asked my husband to be my "towel bearer", and asked our son to come with us. My son, only 12 years of age at the time, asked me, "Mum, does that mean you have to become holy?" My jaw dropped. I hadn't thought about that. But he was right. To become a Christian, to repent and be baptised, means that you declare to the world your life has changed, for good. It's no small thing to call oneself a Christian. It requires action, and evidence that you have "died" to your past life and have been "born again", of the Holy Spirit. Jesus was God with us when he lived. The Holy Spirit is God with us now.

If you have been baptised and no-one notices a difference, then you have to question whether your baptism was sincere and real. God knows. The risen Jesus knows. The Holy Spirit knows. Your family and friend will know. You will know. Your life will be transformed, for good.