The last words of Jesus before He ascended into Heaven were,
“Make disciples of all the nations, Baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” Mt. 28:19
Why did Jesus say this?
Because He said “unless one is born of water and the Spirit one cannot enter the Kingdom of God Jn. 3:5
Baptism is the beginning of the Re-Creation of the world.
Everything God created was Good. Gen. 1:31
And then Sin entered the world. Gen. 3
This is known as The Original Sin.
Where everything went from being Good to Bad.
Where everything in the world eventually dies.
And all of Humanity and Creation have been infected and affected by Original Sin.
God chose to begin the Re-Creation of the world again by His Son shedding his Blood on the cross,
For there is no forgiveness of sins without the shedding of blood. Heb. 9:22
Now We can’t go back in time to Calvary and be washed in His Blood;
So through Baptism,
Calvary comes to us!
For when we are Baptized we go down into the waters, and we die with Christ. Col. 2:12
And when we come up out of the waters will live a new life with Christ.
With each Baptism,
A person is set free from sin to live a new life with Christ as His disciple.
At Baptism we receive the Holy Spirit, and become adopted children of God who now call God, our Father .Gal.4:6
This is why Jesus said “go Baptize the nations for unless one is born of water and the Spirit, one cannot enter the Kingdom of God.”
For Through Baptism we are washed clean of sin and through the Holy Spirit that we receive at Baptism we call God our Father once again.
Baptism is important therefore because it is the beginning of the Re-Creation of the Universe one soul at a time.
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