Baptism today

When Jesus was baptised he came from Nazareth to Galilee and met John by the River Jordan. When he was baptised the heavens tore apart and the Holy Spirit descended in the shape of a dove. Then suddenly a voice came from heaven saying, “You are my son, the beloved; my favour rests on you.” This was the story of the first every baptism that took place. In the story when the heavens open this is a sign of the death of sin and the rising of a new life in Christ. The significance of he water is that it represents the purification/cleansing of the soul. When God says, “this is my beloved son, with whom I am well pleased” we get a unique insight to how close the father and son relationship between God and Jesus was.

Baptism is very important today as helps influence people in their every day life. The oil we receive gives us strength to resist the things like drugs, alcohol and pre-marital sex that lead us away from the path of a true Christian. It gives a person a clean start in life and cleanses them from original sin. This is very important in the modern day as sinning as become very common in the world. This helps people to change their ways and to follow a more Christian approach to life.

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Almost every Christian church in the world celebrates the sacrament of baptism. There are two different types baptism in the modern Christian Churches. The first and most common is infant baptism. Anglican, Methodist, Orthodox, Roman Catholic and the United Reformed Church all practice this method. It has been used since very early times. This method is when the child, just after birth, is baptised. In the different churches the ceremony differs a little but there are all pretty much the same.

  1. The family, friends and the child all assemble at the back of the church. The priest then ...

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