Question 103 of 118
How is Baptism rightly administered?
Baptism is rightly administered by immersion, or dipping the whole body of the person in water, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Scripture proofs
- Matthew 3:16
Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.
- John 3:23
John also was baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came and were baptized;
- Acts 8:38-39
He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch didn’t see him any more, for he went on his way rejoicing.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible (public domain).
More on baptism and the church
- Q98. How do Baptism and the Lord’s Supper become effectual means of salvation?
- Q99. Wherein do Baptism and the Lord’s Supper differ from the other ordinances of God?
- Q100. What is Baptism?
- Q101. To whom is Baptism to be administered?
- Q102. Are the infants of such as are professing believers to be baptized?
- Q104. What is the duty of those who are rightly baptized?
- Q105. What is the visible church?
- Q106. What is the invisible church?