Sept. 13, 2015
E-tab, Jaro, Iloilo City
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.
Baptize 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.”
