The Importance of Baptism in Baptist Life

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Baptism is an act of obedience symbolizing the believers faith in a crucified buried and risen Savior. It's not only for identifying with Christ and union with him but it's also for purification. This is Christian as in the subject baptism is the immersion of a believer. Mike: Some Baptist get a little skittish when we talk about this but there is a very powerful sense in which baptism is purifying to be clear.

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.