Baptism is the third step to entering into gospel of Jesus Christ. Before baptism, one must have faith that the gospel is true and furthermore they should repent of their sins. When they repent of their sin, they will become clean from the natural man.
Christ death and resurrection can be considered a symbol to baptism. When we are baptized we are immerged into the water, this is a representation of the death of our pervious life. When we are lifted up from the water, it is a symbol of our new and clean life. Christ died and then was buried, he then was lifted and became whole and perfect.
Baptism requires full immersion into the water because of the mere symbolism of being buried. In addition, Christ was fully immerged, so should we be also? If it were just a sprinkle, we wouldn’t have all of our sins wiped away.
As said before when we are baptized we become new. To keep that “newness” we must stay away from sin, repent, and take the sacrament to renew our covenants. That way we shall be clean forever.
The natural man dies when we are baptized. However, we must do all that is in our power to keep our souls vacant with the spirit and not invite that natural man back.
We know whom we serve based on our acts and deeds. If we serve Satan, we obviously sin and partake of the worldly things. If we serve God, we do good deeds and are righteous. Freedom doesn’t come from the person that has you bound by things of the world. When you choose the right, you are free. We are free from the captivity of sin. We also allow more happiness and are blessed with eternal life.
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