What happens to a person when he or she is baptized?

Answer 1

The Holy Spirit comes upon the born-again Christian (as on the day of Pentecost in Acts Chapter 2) and the person is then called to live, to the very best of their ability, like Jesus called his followers to live.

Answer 2

The person: 1. Is are freed of Original Sin

2.Is made a child of god

3. becomes a member of the body of Christ.

Roman Catholic AnswerThey are made into a new thing, a new person; and are now living a new life in the Lord. A seed of grace, a seed of Divine Life has been planted in them, which must be nourished and grow until one day they will see God.

from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980

The Sacrament in which, by water and the word of God, a person is cleansed of all sin and reborn and sanctified in Christ to everlasting life. (Etym. Latin ba;tisma; from Greek baptisma, a dipping.

from The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 1994

1213 Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua), and the door which give access to the other sacraments. through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God' we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made shares in her mission: "Baptism is the sacrament of regeneration through water in the word."

　

1214 This sacrament if called Baptism, after the central rite by which it is carried out: to baptize (Greek baptizein means to "plunge" or "immerse"; the "plunge" into the water symbolizes the catechumen's burial into Christ's death, from which he rises up by resurrection with him, as "a new creature."

　

1216 "This bath is called enlightenment, because those who receive this [catechetical] instruction are enlightened in their understanding. . . ." Having received in Baptism the Word, "the true light that enlightens every man," the person baptized has been "enlightened," he becomes a "son of light," indeed he becomes "light" himself:

Baptism is God's most beautiful and magnificent gift . . . We call it gift, grace, anointing, enlightenment, garment of immortality, bath of rebirth, seal, and most precious gift. It is called gift because it is conferred on those who bring nothing of their own; grace since it is given even to the guilt; Baptism because sin is buried in the water; anointing for it is priestly and royal as are those who are anointed; enlightenment because it radiates light; clothing since it veils our shame; bath because it washes; and seal as it is our guard and the sign of God's Lordship.

1266 The Most Holy Trinity gives the baptized sanctifying grace, the grace of justification:

- enabling them to believe in God, to hope in him, and to love him through the theological virtues;

- giving them the power to live and act under the prompting of the Holy Spirit through the gifts of the Holy Spirit;

- allowing them to grow in goodness through the moral virtues.

Thus the whole organism of the Christian's supernatural life has its roots in Baptism.

Answer 3

well God perfectly states to do "His will"...

"not everyone who says Lord, Lord, will enter the Heavenly Kingdom of God, but those who do the will of my Father, who is in Heaven.

There are lots of things you can do... Depends on your relationship with God. For not just once but couple times I feel like doing missionary, yet I'm going for majoring in Computer Engineer. I've been saved, and already reborn...I'm walking with the Lord or still just sitting, and I myself need to leave off games...I'm getting baptized soon, so I really need to leave those games out...

Lust is also another problem...we all fall...but it's how we solve our problems as Christians. Do we come back to the Lord? hating the sin is what we should do, and change ourselves...don't count on yourself to be strong and overcome those sins...only strength in God... The Lord said "Put on your Holy suit of armor so that you may resist the fiery arrows of the devil, and darkness of evil... May we fight with God versus the evil, for we will win if we are in the Lord, but if we run away from Him and fall, we are left by ourselves and we tend to be getting attacked and Hit all the time, because we aren't coming to the lord for protection!

God said to live in repentance, and trust Him. Lets live like that, and seeking his word and reading it, not just reading it, but processing it in our Lives so that we get closer to the Lord and look like Him.

Answer 4

After baptism, you exchange your sinful being with the life of Christ. The Bible speaks of this exchange as “putting on Christ” (Gal 3:27). The Lord Jesus takes off your filthy clothes and puts a robe of righteousness on you—righteousness as the result of His perfect, sinless life.

Answer 5

Depends of the church. Most have a education class culminating in the confirmation of faith. Others not. The baptism is the confirmation.

Answer 6

you finally become a christian and you have been forgiven from the original sin

Answer 7

First Holy Communion.