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Date Posted: 20:19:13 08/16/00 Wed
Author: Apostolic Bible Study And Prayer Ministry
Subject: The Importance of Water Baptism

Water batism is an ordinance instituted by Jesus Christ. If It is not important in the plan of God, why did Jesus command it in Matthew 28:19? And why did Peter follow up by saying, "Be baptized every one of you," and by commanding the Gentiles to be baptized (Acts 2:38;10:48)? We must remenber two points about the importance of water baptism. First, whatever Christ definely established and ordained cannot be unimportant, whether we understand its significance or not. Second, Christ and the apostles showed the importance of this ordinance by observing it. Jesus walked many miles to be baptized, though He was without sin, saying, "For thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness" (See Matthew 3:13-16). It is true that water itself does not contain any saving virtue, but God has chosen to include it in His plan of salvation. Peter explained, "Baptism doth also now save us (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" (1Peter 3:21). According to Luke 7:30, "the Pharisees and Lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized."

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