Booksmoore

I saw a statement on a church website that I really liked and summed up the practice and theology of baptism well:

We believe exactly what the Bible teaches about baptism:

• It washes our sins away.
• It is by immersion in water.
• It is for everyone of us.
• It is done in Jesus name.

I suppose I would add a few more short statements:

• It is a command of the Lord.
• It is for those who have repented to God.
• It is for those who believe on Jesus as Lord and Savior.
• It is how we publicly confess our sins.
• It is how we publicly make our profession of faith.
• It pictures judgment against sin by a flood of water.
• It visualizes the Gospel: the death and resurrection of Jesus.
• It is death to our old man, and life to our new man in Christ.
• It unites us with Christ.