Why Be Baptized

C. R. Sutton

  If you BELIEVE with all you heart that Jesus is the son of God, (John. 20:30-31; Acts 8:35-39) you should REPENT of your sins, (Acts 2:38; 3:19; 17:30), CONFESS your faith in Christ (Mt. 10:32; Rom. 10:9-10; Acts 8:37) and BE BAPTIZED for the following reasons:

1. Because God commands it. Acts 10:48
2. To fulfill all righteousness. Mt. 3:15
3. To be a friend of Christ. John 15:14
4. Because you love God. I John 5:3; John 14:15
5. Lest you reject the council of God against yourself. Luke 7:30
6. To be born again. John 3:3-5
7. To enter the kingdom. John 3:5
8. For remission of sins. Acts 2:38
9. To receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Acts 2:38
10. In order to be saved. Mark 16:16
11. To wash away your sins. Acts 22:16
12. To get into the death of Jesus where blood was shed. Rom. 6:3
13. To be buried with Christ. Roman 6:4
14. To be raised with Christ. Rom. 6:4; Cot. 3:1; 2:12
15. To rise to walk in the newness of life. Romans 6:4
16. To be a child of God by faith. Galatians 3:26-27
17. To get into the body, which is the Church. I Cor. 12:13; Col 1:18
18. To have a good conscience. I Peter 3:21
19. To get INTO Christ. Gal. 3:27
20. Because "baptism doth also now save us." I Peter 3:21

  I have given twenty scriptural reasons why a penitent believer should be baptized. Can you think of ONE REASON why he should not be baptized? Ask your preacher if he preaches that people should be baptized for these twenty reasons. If he doesn't, he is a false teacher. Insist that he preach the truth about baptism, because his soul and the souls of those he teaches are at stake.(1 Tim. 4:16) Preachers might make fun of baptism but God's Word will continue to stand. (I Peter 1:22-25