Get Baptized
this is the next great step in your journey with Jesus!
"Why should I be baptized?"
This is an important question and vital step for new believers.
Acts 2:41 Tells us, "Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls."
Baptism is an outward expression of the inward work that God has done in your life. It is a vital step of obedience in letting the world know that you are now a follower of Jesus Christ. Baptism doesn't save us, Jesus does. If you received Jesus to be your Savior, then you are bound for heaven whether or not you have been baptized. Only the blood of Jesus Christ has the power to cleanse from sin (Ephesians 1:7).
In essence, baptism is a public testimony to those who see our baptism, that we are unashamedly followers of Jesus Christ and that we identify with His death, burial, and resurrection.
Being immersed in water, and coming out of it is a picture of the death of Christ, His burial, and rising from the grave three days later. The Bible commands believers to be baptized, and in fact, Jesus was baptized to be our example of obedience.
Matthew 3:16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: