Hello everybody, it's me, MrTahl23, back with another video.
This is another video on the basic doctrines of the Bible.
In this video I want to talk about the subject of baptism.
So we believe in the doctrine of baptism, that baptism is the first step of obedience
in the life of a Christian and is the outward sign of one's profession of faith in which
a believer is immersed in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
Now baptism itself is not included within salvation, it's not part of the gospel as
it's written in 1 Corinthians chapter 1 verse 17,
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words,
lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
We're not saved by baptism, but baptism is rather a picture of our salvation, being a
figure of the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ.
I will explain that in more detail later in this video.
Baptism is commanded by Jesus Christ and is commissioned into his disciples.
He says in Matthew chapter 28 verse 19, Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
So after preaching the gospel, when one gets saved by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, they
should be baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
However, it is important to note that one must first be taught the gospel, they must
be a believer in order to be baptized.
The practice of infant baptism is not biblical, but first one must make a confession of faith
in the Lord Jesus Christ before they can be baptized.
It says in Acts chapter 8 verse 36 to 38, And as they went on their way, they came unto
a certain water, and the eunuch said, See, here is water, what doth hinder me to be baptized?
And Philip said, If thou believeth with all thine heart, thou mayest.
And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
And he commanded the chariot to stand still, and they went down both into the water, both
Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.
The question is asked, what is hindering me, or what is stopping me from getting baptized?
And the answer is simply, if you believe with all your heart, thou mayest.
So one must first believe, and thus be saved from their sins, they must first be justified
before they can be baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
It says in Acts chapter 2 verse 38, Then Peter said unto them, Repent and be baptized every
one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive
the gift of the Holy Ghost.
From this verse, the word for means because, because our sins have been remitted by believing
on the Lord Jesus Christ, the next thing that we should do is be baptized.
First we must repent, which means turn to Christ in faith, and then, because our sins
are remitted, we are to symbolize our new walk with Christ by being baptized.
Baptism itself should be done by a complete immersion in water.
We already saw in Acts chapter 8, when the eunuch was baptized, it says in verse 38,
they went down both into the water.
It's written also concerning Jesus' baptism in Matthew chapter 3 verse 16, and Jesus,
when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water, and lo, the heavens were
opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon
him.
When Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water, meaning that he was down in the
water, just like in Acts chapter 8, because baptism is by immersion in water.
Another verse which proves this is the following, John chapter 3 verse 23, it says, And John
also was baptizing in Enon near Asilim, because there was much water there, and they came
and were baptized.
Again, the reason why John the Baptist was baptizing in this particular place is because
there was much water there.
Much water is needed in order to completely immerse one in water.
So the practice of baptism is a symbol of our new walk with Christ.
It's a representation of the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ, as it is written
in Romans chapter 6 verse 4 to 5, Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death,
that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we
also should walk in newness of life.
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in
the likeness of his resurrection.
When we are baptized, this shows that we are planted together in the likeness of his death
and in the likeness of his resurrection.
When one stands up in the water, that pictures the death of Christ.
When one is immersed under the water, that pictures the burial of Christ.
And finally, being brought up out of the water, as Jesus was, is the likeness of his resurrection.
So anybody who has been saved by putting all of their trust in Jesus Christ must be
baptized then to begin their life of serving the Lord God.
So thank you everybody for watching, that's the doctrine of baptism, and goodbye.