What does it mean to get baptized?

Question

My sister is christian, she is getting baptized and i support her, but i'm not sure i understand what baptism is all about.
Can anyone explain it to me?
Have you been baptized?

Answer 1

Baptism is a visual symbol of what has already taken place in your heart.

When someone is baptized in our church the folowing words are said:

With Christ we die in our sin (the person is imersed)
And are raised to walk with him in newness of life (The person is raised back out of the water).


I was baptized in 2000, and a year later my oldest son was baptized in the same church.

Answer 2

These passages reveal that the purpose of baptism is as follows:

Mark 16:15,16 - "He Who Believes and Is Baptized Will Be Saved."
Man's tradition says, 'He who believes is saved and may then be baptized.

The gospel says: He who believes and is baptized will be saved.


Acts 2:38 - Baptism is for the remission of sins.
1 Peter 3:21 - Baptism saves us.
Galatians 3:27 - We are baptized into Christ.

Romans 6:3 - We are baptized into Jesus' death.
This illustrates the fact that baptism is what saves us. This does not mean that we are physically washing dirt from our bodies. The power is not in the water but in the death and resurrection of Jesus. But we contact that blood in baptism.
Galatians 3:27 - We Are Baptized into Jesus


Acts 22:16 - Be baptized and wash away your sins.
The sinner in this story (Saul) had already done before baptism everything most churches say one must do to be saved.

He had seen Jesus on the road, clearly believed in Him, and was willing to obey Him (22:5-10; 9:3-6). He had even been praying (9:9,11). If anyone could be saved before baptism, it would be Saul. Was he saved?

Jesus had said Saul should go into the city and would be told what he must do (9:6). Ananias came and told him to be baptized and wash away his sins.

If sins are forgiven before baptism, Saul would have had no sins to wash away. But he had his sins till he was baptized. So today, though a person may believe in Jesus and repent, he is still guilty of all his sins till he is baptized.

Also the word Baptism in the greek is translated "immersion". Jesus immersed his bread in wine at the last supper. Immersion is the only way for baptism.
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Answer 3

No, we could bear till at last the top in accordance to the Bible. Baptism Definition: The be conscious “baptize” comes from the Greek ba·pti?zein, meaning “to dip, to plunge.” (A Greek-English Lexicon, via Liddell and Scott) Christian water baptism is an outward image that the only being baptized has made an entire, unreserved, and unconditional dedication by using Jesus Christ to do the will of Jehovah God. The Scriptures additionally confer with John’s baptism, baptism with holy spirit, and baptism with hearth, between others.

Answer 4

OK, I'll be the odd one out and tell you that it has nothing to do with any profession of faith that earns you merits in heaven and brings glory to you. It is simply a mark of a covenant between God and his people, in a rite that replaces Old Testament circumcision. People in the Old Testament did not get circumcised because they were showing anybody anything. They were sinners and they participated in it because it was a cutting off of their old nature. In the same way, when Paul made references to baptism to the Hebrews in the book of the same name, they would have understood it the same way -- and take a look, he did not correct them at all in that infants were also part of the kingdom and were to receive the new mark accordingly.

But if you are Baptist/fundamentalist, never mind. Enjoy the experience, I'm happy for you.

Answer 5

Baptism is symbolic of accepting Christ as your Savior.

From a Greek word meaning to dip or immerse. Baptism in water is the introductory ordinance of the gospel, and must be followed by baptism of the Spirit in order to be complete. As one of the ordinances of the gospel, it is associated with faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, repentance, and the laying on hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost. Baptism has always been practiced whenever the gospel of Jesus Christ has been on the earth and has been taught by men holding the holy priesthood who could administer the ordinances.
This includes both water baptism and the laying on of hands for the Holy Ghost . In the N.T. Paul speaks of the children of Israel being baptized by Moses “in the cloud and in the sea” (1 Cor. 10: 1-4). Noah and Abraham are spoken of as “preachers of righteousness,” which means they taught the gospel and administered its ordinances (Gal. 3: 8; Heb. 4: 1-2; 2 Pet. 2: 5)
Baptism symbolizes death, burial, and resurrection, and can only be done by immersion. It is clear that John the Baptist and Philip baptized in that manner (Matt. 3: 16; Acts 8: 37-39; Rom. 6: 1-6; Col. 2: 12; Any other method is not baptism.
Baptism is not optional if one wishes the fullness of salvation. Jesus said a person must be born of water and of the Spirit (John 3: 3-5). When he sent the twelve apostles forth to teach the gospel he told them that whosoever believed and was baptized would be saved; and whosoever did not believe would be damned (Mark 16: 16). Jesus himself was baptized “to fulfill all righteousness” (Matt. 3: 15; 2 Ne. 31: 4-11). But the Pharisees, being unwilling to accept the gospel “rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized” (Luke 7: 30).
Baptism in water has several purposes. It is for the remission of sins, for membership in the Church, and for entrance into the celestial kingdom; it is also the doorway to personal sanctification when followed by the reception of the Holy Ghost.

Answer 6

It symbolizes a washing away of sin by faith in the Blood of the Lamb[Jesus Christ] that actually does wash away sin.Without the shedding of Christ's Blood,there is no remission of sins.Baptism is an act of faith.Not a sacrament,and not a salvation requisite.That's why infant baptism is folly.P.S.It also has nothing to do with a denomination or sect.My brother,father,and I read from ACTS and baptized each other in Lake Michigan.

Answer 7

Yes I have been baptized.
Baptism means many things. It has both symbolic and literal meanings.
When you are baptized you take apon yourself the name of Christ... meaning it is an outward expression that you except the sacrifices Christ has made for you. It's also a covenant or promise to always keep His commandments which he has given us.
Also it is a death of the old you (being emmersed in water) and the birth of the new you (being brought back up) It is a washing away of your sins.
Christ Himself was baptised to fulfill all rightousness by one having the authority or priesthood to baptise (John the Baptist was a descendant of Levi who's postarity had the priesthood of Aaron, aka the Aaronic Priesthood)

Answer 8

baptism i part of the salvation plan and MUST be bone in Jesus name because all power is in the name of Jesus

it also must be done by completely being put under water

when this is done it washed away your sin just as it say in th Bible "for the remission of sins"

Act 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Mar 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Answer 9

If your sis goes to a Baptist church, she will probably be dipped in water instead of sprinkled. When she goes under, she is professing to the church that she believes that Christ died(a watery grave, but still a grave). When she comes up, she is professing to believe that He rose from the dead. Baptism is simply a symbol of what you believe.. I have been baptized.

Answer 10

Baptism in the Catholic faith is a Sacrament of initiation. The 2nd being Confirmation.It's a welcoming into the church.