How Do You Tell Someone That Water Baptism Is Important For Christianity?
• Find a person who is willing to have an open minded discussion about water baptism, and who is willing to use The Bible as the only source of information for this discussion topic. • Set aside some time to go through some scriptures with this person. • Explain to the person that water baptism is important for many reasons in The Bible which you will now look at. • Show the person that one of the most compelling reasons for water baptism was that in the book of acts when Christ was preached the people responded by being baptised in water. (See Acts 16:13-15, Acts 16:31-33, Acts 8:12, Acts 8:36, Acts 18:4-8, Acts 2;41) So obviously, in Bible times water baptism was part of the message when preaching Christ. • Show the person how, according to The Bible, water baptism leads to Holy Spirit baptism. (See Acts 2:38, Acts 19:1-6) Also known as “preparing the way of the Lord” as John the Baptist’s teachings of water baptism unto repentance was referred to like that… (See Matthew 3:3&11, Lu
