Title Baptism! must get
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Matthew 28:18-20; 1 Peter 3:21
When you say, ‘Get baptized,’ two phenomena occur. Some people apply to be baptized with obedience, while others say they will be baptized later.
Those who say they will receive it later have two burdens. One is that they must live a godly life when they are baptized, so they will receive it when they become successful in their religious life. You can see the delay.
However, this attitude of heart comes from not believing in the Lord of the Resurrection. If you truly believe that Jesus is my Lord, the Lord of the Resurrection, and the Lord of our salvation, there is no problem.
In today's text, Jesus clearly commanded to "baptize." In other words, you must be baptized.
In Matthew 3:13-17, Jesus was also baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River, and in John 3:23, Jesus himself baptized.
So what is this baptism? People understand it as receiving forgiveness of sins and washing away dirty things. Be baptized and wash away your sins (Acts 22:6), 1 Corinthians 6:11, Titus 3:5, etc. These words mean that you are baptized, but not the baptism itself.
1 Peter 3:21 gives a precise definition of baptism.
First, “baptism is the sign of your salvation”
Baptism is a clear and outward guarantee, like a sign that reveals the problem of salvation that cannot be seen. So, baptism is for those who believe.
So what is faith?
I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the Lord who died on the cross and rose again to save me. In summary, people of faith receive salvation, and they are baptized as an external sign of salvation.
Second, “only a good conscience seeks God”
This means that a person who did not believe in God changes his heart and believes in God. We hear God's voice through our conscience, and we recognize God through our conscience. In other words, 'a good conscience seeks God toward God' means that only God is right and follows only God.
To rearrange baptism, baptism is the outward sign of salvation through faith because we believe in Jesus as the Son of God and my Lord. .
To understand this better, let's look at the origins of baptism.
The word “baptism” is derived from “Baptizma,” which means “to be submerged” or “to be immersed in water.” So, is it baptism, because immersion in water or dipping one's head in water is a form of baptism in itself? Baptism? Arguing is worthless.
Let's look at the origins of baptism.
In Old Testament times,
1) Noah's flood incident (Gen 6, 1 Peter 3:20)
The ark means the ark of salvation, which means the church. Therefore, it has been taught that if you attend church, you will be saved. But if you go to church, will you be saved? No, you must believe in Jesus.
Noah's flood incident in Genesis 6 is reinterpreted as follows in 1 Peter 3:20. Noah's family of 8 "was saved through water in the ark". Those without faith were judged by water, but Noah, who prepared the ark with even a little faith, was saved through water. In other words, the water made Noah fully believe in God. That water is the sign of salvation, which is baptism. In other words, if you turn from life in the world and trust and believe in God only, even if you do not receive water baptism, there is no problem in salvation. But if you trust God and believe in Jesus, you must receive the confirmation of baptism.
2) The Exodus incident.
1 Corinthians 10:1-2 says, “The people of Israel were under a cloud, and passed through the sea, and belonged to Moses, and were baptized in the cloud and in the sea.” and because of the sea. The people of Egypt who did not believe in Jehovah God believed after the sea parted (Exodus 14:30-31). Noah's flood, the parting of the Red Sea, or being under the pillar of cloud does not mean that he was baptized with water. that is.
So, even if you are baptized with water, if you do not have a good conscience and do not seek God and live as a person who has been saved, then that baptism is meaningless.
Baptism performed in this sense is more specific in the New Testament era.
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