Subject: Is baptism a work? |
Bible Note: charis, I will glorify the King of Kings and Lord of lords who is Christ Jesus, our Savior! I will praise the name of Jesus Christ in my heart and with my voice the day long! I will rise up in the morning praising Him! I will go to sleep praising Him! I haven't had the pleasure of exchanging posts with you before. I think that your post is excellent! I often wonder why baptism is considered a "work" when it comes up on the forum. There are so many posts on this subject that it takes a good hour or two for someone like myself to absorb all of the different views and opinions. However, I never grow weary of reading the scriptures on the subject. Please bear with me charis and forum members as I give my own opinion on baptism. I never have considered baptism a "work" or as a requirement for salvation. When I was an infant in Christ I was excited about and eager to be baptised! For two reasons. Number one, my Lord and Savior was baptised and I was, and still am, eager and longing to follow as closely in His footsteps as possible! Of course I know I will never ever be equal to Him but I desire to be like Him. Second, because of this passage in Romans. Rom 6:3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Rom 6:4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. Rom 6:5 For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, WOW! To me this is exciting! To be buried with my Savior and to be risen into newness of life! How could baptism be view as a "work" to anyone? As I have written before on this forum I was baptised in a small lake. It was an experience I shall never forget! The excitement of following in my Lord's footsteps! He was baptised and so was I! The excitement of being buried with Him and raised into newness of life! Oh well, I've averaged about three to four hours of sleep each night this week so maybe this sounds a little "corny", but, I love Jesus Christ my Savior and I would invite anyone to experience baptism the same way that I have. I was so full of joy that I came out of the water praising Him! In Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, Cyclist I will bless the Lord at all times! His praise shall continually be in my mouth! |