BAPTISM IN WATER

WHEN YOU GET BAPTIZED IN WATER IN OBEDIENCE TO SCRIPTURES, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU WERE CRUCIFIED IN CHRIST, YET NOT YOU WHO LIVE BUT CHRIST LIVES IN YOU AND THE LIFE YOU NOW LIVE, YOU LIVE BY THE FAITH OF THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED YOU AND GAVE UP HIS LIFE FOR YOU. WHEN LORD JESUS CHRIST WAS BURIED IN THE TOMB, YOU DIED & BURIED WITH HIM AS WELL THE SYMBOLISM OF YOUR BEING BURIED UNDER THE EARTH(WATER) SUBMERSION UNDER WATER =DEATH TO YOUR FORMER LIFE , AND AS YOU RISE ABOVE THE WATER (BAPTISM) YOU RISE UP WITH JESUS CHRIST (RESURRECTION) , CLEANSED FROM               YOUR  SINS AND A NEW LIFE HAS STARTED IN CHRIST!                                                                                            

2 CORINTHIANS 5: 16-18 SAYS THAT

"Whoever is ashamed of Me and My Words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when He comes in His glory and in the glory of the Father and of the Holy Angels."- Luke  9: 26 

"Behold the Lamb of God Who take away the SIN of the world!"

(John 1: 29)-paraphrased) 

38 "Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”

40 With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”

Acts 2: 38-40

EXCERPTS FROM JOSEPH PRINCE WEBSITE:

"Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,"

- 1 Peter 3: 21