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Romans
6:4 Therefore,
through baptism we were buried with him into his death so that, just as the Messiah was raised from the dead by the Father's
glory, we too may live an entirely new life
Water
baptism is a symbolic burial, by which the new Christian publicly declares they have died, and are now beginning a new life,
in Christ. Then lifted
out of the water a new man/woman free of your old sin nature and ready to begin your life as a ChristianBaptize is the English form of a
Greek word which means to immerse: to place something into something else. In Christian water baptism, the believer is put completely under water, then immediately raised
out of the water. Water baptism is a statement
of faith: my old life is behind me -- I am a new person, with a new life. Water baptism is a sign of repentance -- repentance means change -- a change so drastic that
the old person is "buried." It
does not make you acceptable to God. As a work of righteousness, baptism is not salvation but a dedication to GOD in front of your peers to celebrate your salvation Water baptism is a way of giving
testimony to what has happened inwardly, and a clear commitment to turn from the old life
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