Could you provide additional information baptism?

Answer 1

Jesus instructed his disciples before he ascended:

Mat 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Baptism was common during those times. People got baptized to show they associated with someone or something. Jesus said make disciples and baptize them. So baptism in The Bible is a believers baptism, not the baptism of infants but the baptism of someone who has made the decision to accept God's gift of salvation through faith in Christ.

Christian baptism is the outward showing of an inward rebirth. It is symbolic of being buried and rising again, reborn. Baptism in water symbolizes burial with Christ in death and rising with him in newness of life:

Romans 6:3,4 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we are buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life .

Baptism does not add to a person's salvation. A person is saved by trusting Christ. Baptism does not make a person saved. It is also wrong to think that a person is not saved until they are baptized.

The mode of baptism is not that important. Some people practice immersion where the entire body goes under the water. Others practice sprinkling where the believer is sprinkled with the water. Contrary to what some people teach, the New Testament does not clearly spell out a proper mode of baptism.

If you have trusted Christ as your Savior, then you should be baptized. While this act, in and of itself, will not save you, it will be done as an outward sign of an inward change.