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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Episode 3 [Part 2] :: Question 1 on Water Baptism

4:17 PM | Posted by St. Burnish | Edit Post
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome
Question 1 – John Obama (Tanzania): Dear Pastor, my question is this, as a new creation, is water baptism (by immersion) important? If so, what is its significance?

Answer 1: Alright, Romans 6:3-4, the Bible says “Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 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.” That exactly tells us the significance of water baptism. I’ll read it again, from verse 4 [quotes Romans 6:4 again]. In other words, when you are dipped into that water...baptism is an answer of a conscience to God. It’s a testimony of your faith in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. When the Minister of God dips you into that water, you are likened unto His death and unto His burial; so he dips you in so you are buried with Him by baptism into death and then when he brings you out of the water, he says “...like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father...” so you now walk in newness of life; so water baptism is significant. The Bible tells us that the children of Israel were baptised unto Moses in the sea [1 Corinthians 10:1-2]. That was water baptism, but it does tell us that they were baptized unto Moses; see that?


Now, in the New Testament, we are baptized unto Jesus Christ so this is very important [quotes Romans 6:4]. Now remember, when the children of Israel went out of Egypt, the Egyptians went after them and what was the final separation from Egypt? It was when they were baptised unto Moses in the sea - when they went through the water and came out on the other side. The Egyptians tried to do the same and they were buried in the water; they all died. So, baptism is the sign of your final separation from the world. Egypt was a type of the world, and you are finally separated from the world so it’s like a kind of salvation but not the salvation of taking away your sins but the salvation of a good conscience.


Now, let me read that to you because that’s...I’m just giving you the words of Peter the Apostle, 1 Peter 3:18-20: “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water..” Eight souls were saved by water; now he’s likening again water baptism to this. In verse 21, it says this “The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us [then in parenthesis it says] (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ.” See that? So, it’s very, very important and then it’s also an act of obedience to the Words of Jesus. Jesus said to us to baptise them when they believe in Jesus, when people come to Christ, when sinners come to Christ, they should be baptised. It says in the name of the Father, in the name of the Son, in the name of the Holy Spirit; what name is that? The name of Jesus! So, they must be baptised; so, every Christian should understand that that is important. Baptism is important - water baptism. Okay, now here’s another question.


Watch the full episode [June 9, 2009] part 2 video here!
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1 comments:

Unknown said...

So in water baptism, it is of transcedental importance that the Name of Jesus is used. It must be called upon. Act 2:38

April 8, 2011 at 4:59 AM

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