The Godzette
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Baptism

To be baptized is a very serious matter. It is not done to be cool or because everyone else is doing it or that is the thing to do when you become a Christian. When you decide to be baptized it is because you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal savior and you want to openly profess your love for him by emersion in water; just as he did for all of us by accepting the sin debt that was laid upon him for our behalf when he was baptized. Jesus led by example in everything for us to learn from and apply to our lives.

When you are baptized and immersed in water you are burying your sins in the death of your flesh or old ways and being cleansed as you are raised out of the water in the resurrection of Christ in you and fulfilling the terminology of being born again. In essence you are making a pact or vow with God to allow the Holy Spirit to

enter your soul and live as a new man in Christ, turning away from the sin nature that is in all of us and living in God’s righteousness.

With this understanding of allowing God’s will for your life to override your will, you are willingly crucifying your flesh or carnal state to live in the heavenly realm of God’s grace while here on this earth. You are agreeing to walk the walk and talk the talk until the second coming of Christ, when we will enter His kingdom. The bible says that we must be born again and be baptized to enter into the kingdom of God. I believe it to be true.