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What is Baptism?

Baptism is an holy ordinance, wherein the washing with water in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, signifies our ingrafting into Christ and partaking of the benefits of the covenant of grace, and our engagement to be the Lord’s.

Scripture proofs

  • Matthew 28:19

    Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

  • Romans 6:3-5

    Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life. For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will also be part of his resurrection;

  • Colossians 2:12

    having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

  • Galatians 3:27

    For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible (public domain).

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