Now there is a specific way in which we are to be baptized also. We are to be fully immersed in the watery grave of baptism. The word baptidso (the Greek word from which we get baptism) means to �immerse in water.� And it says in Colossians 2:12, �having been buried with Him in baptism�� suggesting that we must be completely immersed, since if you are �buried� then all of you is under. A mere sprinkling is not enough. To be baptized, one must be completely �buried� or �immersed� under the water. It doesn�t matter where one is baptized. Anywhere there�s water one can be baptized. Acts 8:36 says, �As they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunich said, �Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?� And Phillip said, �If you believe with all your heart, you may,�� and he was baptized right there. It is not necessary that a person be baptized in a special place. One can be baptized in a baptism pool, a river, lake, swimming pool, etc� wherever there is enough water for the person to be fully immersed.
It doesn�t matter where someone is baptized, as long as they believe in Jesus Christ, that He is God�s Son, that He is the Savior, and that by being baptized their sins will be washed away. One must repent and confess their faith in Jesus Christ with a sincere heart (for God can read your heart,) and after that one can be baptized to receive salvation. Romans 10:9 states �If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.�
Colossians 3:1-10 states �Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above where Christ is� set your mind on the things above, not on the things of the earth for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God� but now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices, and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him.� After being baptized, we must put on the �new self� and try to stay away from sin.
All one has to do to be saved is to repent of their sins, confess their faith in Jesus Christ (believing in their heart,) be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and to try to live a life free from sin.
