baptism importance

Question 1

Infant vs believers

Answer 1

• Babies + young children become members of the Church (introduced to support of community), congregation welcomes new member
  ___________
• Initiation rite into the Church, by immersion in water
• People old enough to understand the ceremony / rite + willing to life a Christian life / start a new chapter
  Some (not anabaptist) believe they are cleansed of sin

Question 2

• It was in the gospel - Jesus was baptised by John the Baptist - New Testament

Answer 2

→Heavens opened, Holy Spirit descended from heaven in the form of a dove, God’s voice came down saying:
→“This is my beloved son, whom I love”
→Confirmation of divinity - moment all 3 forms of God appeared at once

Question 3

• Initiates Christians into a Church - special commitment + acknowledges they are a child of God

Answer 3

→Formally acknowleged as a child of God + receives his saving grace (sacrament)
→Anabaptists
→Person enters a new life with Jesus Christ
→Great Commission, Jesus said to “baptise them in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit”

Question 4

• Cleansed of original sin

Answer 4

→Water symbolises cleansing
→Sign of the cross on forehead of babies
→Allows people to go to heaven eventually by living a pure, sin free life!

Question 5

allows them to enter god’s kingdom

Answer 5

• “No one can enter God’s Kingdom, unless they are born of the water”