Water Baptism - 3/7/2010

On Sunday, March 7th, we will celebrating with believers in Jesus Christ as they follow through with their commitment to follow him by being Water Baptized. Since you've become a follow of Jesus, have you been baptized? If not, I strongly encourage you to do so! Why? 1, it's a command from Jesus that we are to go into all the world and make disciples ( followers of Christ), baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, & Holy Spirit. Seem weird? Perhaps a little. Let's go a little deeper. Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist (baptizer). John's baptism was one of repentance. In other words, you were showing the world that you were turning from your sinful life and exchanging it for a life of obedience unto God. Wasn't Jesus perfect? Yes! So why did he get baptized? To simply be obedient unto His Father's plan! The apostle Paul explains water baptism in Romans 6 like this: when we are baptized we are publicly saying that as we are being immersed (covered) with water, we are identifying with Christ's death, but just as we are raised out of the water, so Jesus was raised from the dead! Simply put: I'm dead to my oldself and am alive with Christ, living a new life for Him and I want the world to know about it! It's a great witness of how Jesus Christ has changed your life forever! You can invite family & friends to hear & see what Jesus has done for you and what He can do for them! If you haven't been baptized with water, now is a great time! Sign up at the Brazen table today!