BAPTISM

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit…
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. But John tried to deter him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?" Jesus replied, "Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteous
baptizo (bap-tid'-zo); to wash, dip, " immerse ", plunge under, submerge.
SPIRITUAL POWER IN BAPTISM

  • YOU ARE PUBLICLY STANDING WITH " CHRIST ".
    You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
    "Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.
    • YOU ARE BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST’S " DEATH ".
      Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death…
      For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin - because anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
      • YOU ARE RAISED INTO NEW " LIFE ".
        ...just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

Matthew 3:13-17, Matthew 10:32-33, Matthew 28:19, Romans 6:3-4, Romans 6:4, Romans 6:6-7 and Galatians 3:26-27