Baptism of Water

General definition: Baptism can be defined as an act to unite themselves with certain groups. Water baptism performed using water as the medium.

History suggested that the baptism was done far before the days of early Christianity, but the Bible recorded that God told John the Baptist to baptize with water unto repentance, and Jesus Christ was doing His Father’s commandments by giving Himself baptized by John the Baptist in the river Jordan. Furthermore, at the beginning of the century AD, early Christians also did baptisms for those who believe in Jesus Christ by similar baptism.

Model or method there was a variety of baptisms, among which are: baptism immersion, baptism and the baptismal splash bulk. The last two seem to be categorized as a clinical baptism, because at first performed on a sick man who almost died. Baptist diving done by John, also made by the disciples of Jesus through the centuries beginning in AD. Church history recorded that in the centuries after it began to be cast and baptism baptismal splash by the church.

MEANING OF BAPTISM:

Everyone needs to enter to a life with new experiences, through faith believe on the Lord Jesus, through one of the basic truths of  Christianity about Water Baptism. Anyone who wants to experience water baptism must first understand the true meaning of this Water Baptism.

Here is the essence of water baptism: the nature of burial of our old man, and resurrection experience to walk with Christ in newness of life. With Water Baptism our body should be lost its power of our sin so that we no longer be the slave of sin (Romans 6:6). Water Baptism of Jesus fulfilling God’s will, and should be done by the believer (Matthew 3:15-17).

Through Water Baptism, we are talking about burial and resurrection. Let our old man suffered “total mortality”, we become one with the Lord Jesus in His death, and took part in the life of His resurrection (Colossians 2:12).

Baptism comes from the word “baptizo” (Greek) which means “drowned the whole”, that is why God ordered the first of John the Baptist to baptize with water (Jn 1:33), which is the baptism of repentance (Matt. 3:11), by drowning person who were baptized into the water, then raises it from the water; that was done in the Jordan.

So the correct Water Baptism is done by immersing the whole body into the water of baptism and got out.

Water described the grave, which is to bury us from sin. Water baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus (Acts 2:38); also be done in the name of  the Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19). Water Baptism is a

sign of damp out of the water and also we can experience the power of healing from sickness, evil spirits can be exorcised, the lame can walk because of Authorization from Heaven has been poured.

In addition we were buried to death in baptism, then we also must be like Jesus Christ was resurrected from the dead by the glory of the Father in the new life (Romans 6:4).

So, when we are baptized, we experienced an experience of “death and burial of our old human nature” as the experience of Jesus when He died and was buried (Rom 6:4). After we become one with His death, then we also become one with his resurrection (Rom 6:5); before Jesus rose from the grave, we also – at the time of baptism – was raised from the water, …

Therefore, the correct way of water baptism is the way our bodies completely submerged or immersed in pond water of baptism or baptism (Matthew 3:16), and water baptism was done in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19) .