Baptism is a right to enter into the church. We don't believe it's salvific but there's some mystery that goes on there, he says. The fruits of the spirit being manifest that confirm new life in Christ and then those folks are then declaring the mode as far as being immersed a testimony of the death and the resurrection of Jesus. And so that's that's really what baptism is.
From his own baptism by John the Baptist to his last commission to his followers to go and make disciples from all nations, Jesus’s ministry is marked by this sacrament. But what does it mean? What are its biblical origins? And who should receive it? In this episode of White Horse Inn, hosts Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Bob Hiller, and Walter Strickland discuss the traditional Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Baptist, and Reformed views on the sacrament of baptism.