At Kingship Church we believe baptism is a sacrament - created, instituted, practiced, and commanded by God for His disciples to point towards our spiritual baptism in the Holy Spirit.
By the Holy Spirit, those who put their sincere faith in Jesus as Savior and Lord, are sealed and identified with Christ (Ephesians 1:13). It is in our identification with Jesus’ death that we are made right with God the Father (2 Timothy 2:19), and in His physical resurrection that we find new life, secured as God’s people (Ephesians 4:30, Romans 6:3-5).
From the demonstration of God’s grace as author of our faith (Hebrews 12:2, Philippians 1:6) and the coinciding gift of the Holy Spirit from which alone can grant us the power to profess Jesus as Lord (1 Corinthians 12:3), we respond in obedience through the sacrament of baptism. Although we believe water baptism is not necessary for one's salvation nor the receiving of any further gift from God, we acknowledge the importance and significance of this outward display of an internal transformation brought about by the Holy Spirit.
By the individual disciple responding in obedience, this water baptism is a testimony to what has occurred, proclaiming Jesus’ saving work in His death and resurrection, and symbolizing our identification with Christ.
At Kingship Church our preferred method of water baptism is full immersion. This speaks to the word’s full meaning. Baptizo, to baptize, does not only mean to be “fully immersed” in the literal sense, but also reflects how one who is immersed in Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection is forever changed (Galatians 3:27). The highest value is that any baptism is a sign of the believer's identification with Christ.
Biblical Reflection:
"In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit," // Ephesians 1:13
Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. // Romans 6: 3-5
Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit. // 1 Corinthians 12:3
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. // Galatians 3:27
Are you interested in getting baptized? Or have more questions?
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