After repentance and conversion of a soul, realized through the Great Commission, we should always urge immediate action and offer immersion - to symbolically wash away sins and publicly identify one with Jesus (Matt. 28:19, Acts 2:38, 41 & 8:36). The rising up of anybody, willing to go down for baptism, signifies a transition from spiritual death to new life, symbolizing cleansing, forgiveness, and active obedience. Once your sins are fully washed away, you can never go back to the dusty old state you had been in, while dry on the shore. Also, it is a public declaration of faith, affirming union with Christ's death and resurrection - confirming one as a living witness of the Gospel of Salvation (Rom. 6:2-5).
PRAYER: Dear LORD, Ever-Merciful and Gracious Father, thank You for raising me in the Spirit to forever become baptized, in Your Holy Name. Please keep me divinely equipped to convert more souls and motivate them to become baptized, in Jesus' Name,
Amen.
From Acts 22:16
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