{"id":54937,"date":"2004-10-05T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2004-10-05T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=54937"},"modified":"2022-10-05T09:54:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T14:54:15","slug":"21-reasons-why-you-should-be-scripturally-baptized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/21-reasons-why-you-should-be-scripturally-baptized\/","title":{"rendered":"21 Reasons Why You Should be Scripturally Baptized"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

by Kenneth E. Thomas<\/p>\n

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  1. Because God commands it. (Acts 10:48)<\/li>\n
  2. To fulfill all righteousness. (Matthew 3:15)<\/li>\n
  3. To be a friend of Christ. (John 15:14)<\/li>\n
  4. Because you love God. (I John 5:3; John 14:15)<\/li>\n
  5. Lest you reject the counsel of God against yourself. (Luke 7:30)<\/li>\n
  6. To complete<\/strong> the “new birth.” (John 3:3-5; Titus 3:5)<\/li>\n
  7. To enter the kingdom. (John 3:5)<\/li>\n
  8. For remission of sins. (Acts 2:38)<\/li>\n
  9. To receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2:38)<\/li>\n
  10. In order to be saved. (Mark 16:16)<\/li>\n
  11. To wash away your sins. (Acts 22:16)<\/li>\n
  12. To get into the death of Jesus where blood was shed. (Romans 6:3)<\/li>\n
  13. To be buried with Christ. (Romans 6:4)<\/li>\n
  14. To be raised with Christ. (Romans 6:4; Colossians. 3:1; 2:12)<\/li>\n
  15. To rise to walk in the newness of life. (Romans 6:4)<\/li>\n
  16. To be a child of God by faith. (Galatians 3:26-27)<\/li>\n
  17. To get into the body, which is the Church. (I Corinthians 12:13; Colossians 1:18)<\/li>\n
  18. To have a good conscience. (I Peter 3:21)<\/li>\n
  19. To get into<\/strong> Christ. (Galatians 3:27)<\/li>\n
  20. Because “baptism doth also now save us.” (I Peter 3:21; Mark 16:16)<\/li>\n
  21. To be “reconciled unto God in one body by the cross” (Ephesians 2:13-16)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    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…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[52],"class_list":["post-54937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-baptism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61338,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-christian\/","url_meta":{"origin":54937,"position":0},"title":"Notes on Christian","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 11, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"The word Christian means a follower of Christ. 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