21 Reasons Why You Should be Scripturally Baptized
by Kenneth E. Thomas
- Because God commands it. (Acts 10:48)
- To fulfill all righteousness. (Matthew 3:15)
- To be a friend of Christ. (John 15:14)
- Because you love God. (I John 5:3; John 14:15)
- Lest you reject the counsel of God against yourself. (Luke 7:30)
- To complete the “new birth.” (John 3:3-5; Titus 3:5)
- To enter the kingdom. (John 3:5)
- For remission of sins. (Acts 2:38)
- To receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2:38)
- In order to be saved. (Mark 16:16)
- To wash away your sins. (Acts 22:16)
- To get into the death of Jesus where blood was shed. (Romans 6:3)
- To be buried with Christ. (Romans 6:4)
- To be raised with Christ. (Romans 6:4; Colossians. 3:1; 2:12)
- To rise to walk in the newness of life. (Romans 6:4)
- To be a child of God by faith. (Galatians 3:26-27)
- To get into the body, which is the Church. (I Corinthians 12:13; Colossians 1:18)
- To have a good conscience. (I Peter 3:21)
- To get into Christ. (Galatians 3:27)
- Because “baptism doth also now save us.” (I Peter 3:21; Mark 16:16)
- To be “reconciled unto God in one body by the cross” (Ephesians 2:13-16)
