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20 Reasons You Should Be Scripturally Baptized
20 Reasons Why You Should Be Scripturally Baptized
by Kenneth E. Thomas
1. Because God commands it. Acts 10:48
2. To be a friend of Christ. John 15:14
3. Because you love God. I John 5:3; John 14:15
4. Lest you reject the council of God against yourself. Luke 7:30
5. To complete the “new birth.” John 3:3-5; Titus 3:5
6. To enter the kingdom. John 3:5
7. For remission of sins. Acts 2:38
8. To receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38
9. In order to be saved. Mark 16:16
10. To wash away your sins. Acts 22:16
11. To get into the death of Jesus where blood was shed. Romans 6:3
12. To be buried with Christ. Romans 6:4
13. To be raised with Christ. Romans 6:4; Colossians. 3:1; 2:12
14. To rise to walk in the newness of life. Romans 6:4
15. To be a child of God by faith. Galatians 3:26-27
16. To get into the body, which is the church. I Corinthians 12:13; Colossians 1:18
17. To have a good conscience. I Peter 3:21
18. To get INTO Christ. Galatians 3:27
19. Because “baptism doth also now save us.” I Peter 3:21; Mark 16:16
20. To be “reconciled unto God in one body by the cross” Ephesians 2:13-16
