Besides getting people wet
2007-05-28 11:23:43 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It symbolizes your devotion to God and to obey his commandments. It is a symbol nothing more. A statement if you will. Thus one will have washed his robes with the 'blood of Christ' and become clean in God's eyes.
2007-05-28 11:27:09 · answer #1 · answered by Starjumper the R&S Cow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What does baptism ritual accomplish. It is a contract between you and the church in which you agree to follow the church rules and support the word of the church. Right or Wrong. It has nothing to do with God, Jesus, Faith or anything else. If the church tells you to go downtown and take off all your clothes and run around the city for one hour and you refuse. You breached the contract. If the church tells you to sell your house and you refuse you breached the contract. The church can do no wrong by the contract.
2007-05-28 18:33:40 · answer #2 · answered by Questionable 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baptism is an a sign that you are willing to acknowledge your faith in public. With out accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior baptism does nothing. It was meant to indicate a new birth. A person dieing to their old sinful ways and trying to live a better life with the help of the Holy Spirit.
2007-05-28 18:35:05 · answer #3 · answered by Curtis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water baptism is an introduction to the church because water represents truth and the church is where the truths of faith are.
2007-05-28 18:26:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the betrothal ceremony where you (as a member of his church) and Jesus become engaged to be married. This is just as binding as the actual marriage that takes place in Holy Communion. Scripture tells us that in marriage the two shall become one flesh so we at that point share in Jesus' righteousness and he shares in our iniquity. This is why he volunteers to suffer and die. After his death he rises again so that after our death we may rise again. Then justice is done because we deserve the death but, for those who love God and believe in Jesus he has mercy on us so he raises us.
2007-05-28 18:38:23 · answer #5 · answered by Midge 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Baptism is an outward display of what God had done in your heart.
2007-05-28 18:26:05 · answer #6 · answered by God's Child 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a public display in your belief. you get baptised to let the other members in your church , as well as yourself, know that yopu have strong faith. (unless your catholic and your an infant, i dont know why they are baptised..)
2007-05-28 18:29:03 · answer #7 · answered by kristen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's basically it. The biggest problem is they don't hold people under long enough.
2007-05-28 18:26:24 · answer #8 · answered by Resident Heretic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if there's no soap, you stay just as dirty, only now you're wet as well. what the he*l good does it do to get wet, and stay dirty, too?
2007-05-28 18:27:30 · answer #9 · answered by de bossy one 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You might get presents!
2007-05-28 18:27:24 · answer #10 · answered by Dawn G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋