Why Were You Water Baptized?

     I learned this weekend, from my teacher Mr. Wendall Parr, that there is a very specific reason we are to be baptized after being born again, by accepting Jesus as our Saviour.  I did not know of this reason. It made so much sense to me.  I wish that more people knew this and that is why I am sharing it below. Feel free to ask questions.  I may not be able to answer them right away, but as the Holy Spirit leads. I am still learning myself.  I am so excited to know this and it makes so much sense now.  Much more than before.

     The church has not done a good job, like Paul warned us to be in 1 Cor. 10 (start from vs. 1), about rememebering why we have the two baptismals, but specifically the water baptismal.  In the bible the cloud is another way of saying Holy Spirit and the Sea is the water, so you see how they are talking about the baptismals.  Well, when you look at the Jews exodus from Egypt, it is just like our choosing God and being saved and then starting our Christian journey.  It is a type and shadow of our being redeemed/saved.

     The Jews celebrated royally after they crossed the Red Sea.  Why?  Because the allure and pull and hold that the Egyptians had on them was destroyed by the Red Sea.  Remember the Sea here is symbolic of water baptismal.  Remember people in the new testament raced to get baptized after being born again.  Why?  Because they were taught that the baptismal buries your old sin nature and when you come out of the water you are free from any pull or tug or hold that sin nature had on you before being baptized.  You are free, clean, and in your new life!  

       They were taught that and so were able to believe for it when being baptized.  So we do not have to work and work to kill our sin nature after being born again, we just have to believe it is buried when we are baptized.   That makes a lot of sense as to why the devil has worked so hard to make this hidden and not known in the churches of today.  I was taught you get baptized to set yourself apart to the world, to just tell the world you believe in God.  But it is not that, it is to severe the ties the world had on you..to break those bonds and to free you once and for all from sin!  Praise God for this!

     People have coined a phrase, called 'back sliding', when people return to their sinful ways after being born again.  But this occurrence of 'back sliding' rarely occurs in people that are taught the real reason why they are being baptized, what wonderful things to expect from the baptismal.  When you come up out of the water, you are free from your old sinful life and any bondage that it had on you!  This my friends is why the people in the new testament were so quick to be baptized after being saved!

      And yes you can be baptized again, so you have a chance to believe for the true reason of baptismal.  And yes we can be free from all temptation to have any of our old yucky habits!  No more alcoholism, no more debauchery, no more riotous living, no more hatefulness, Hallelujah!  We are free.