Our Baptism is A Marriage

[Sheila]

Agree or disagree. Thanks

I would love to hear a preacher say---
" I baptize you son/daughter of Jesus Christ in the spirit of love/truth and wisdom to take up the burden of the cross in following the ways set forth by our God, this is a marriage between you and Christ consecrated on this day being born a new creation, willing to let your old ways die and your new ones begin." Amen

Yeshua Bless You

[KeptByTheWord]

I would love for someone being baptized to speak out about their commitment to Christ, instead of the preacher or baptizing person doing it.

I believe the whole baptism thing in the early church was just an outward commitment to let others around you know your decision to follow Christ. After all, Paul said Christ didn't call him to baptize, but to preach the gospel. 1 Cor. 1 ...

I think after much study, that the baptizer's job is simply to dunk the person in the water, but the words spoken out by the person being baptized are much more important, where they speak of their commitment to Christ, to follow Him, and to acknowledge His authority in their lives from that time on. I think baptism would be a more life changing event if this were the case.