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[[Image:Baptism Siberia.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Baptism in Siberia through the ice]]
[[Image:Baptism Siberia.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Baptism in Siberia through the ice]]
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[[Image:Baptism-Philippines.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Baptism in the Philippines in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.]]
[[Image:Baptism-Philippines.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Baptism in the Philippines.]]
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Baptism symbolizes a Christian's participation in Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection.  It demonstrates submission to the teachings of Jesus Christ, and is also an acceptance of the promise of eternal life.   
Baptism symbolizes a Christian's participation in Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection.  It demonstrates submission to the teachings of Jesus Christ, and is also an acceptance of the promise of eternal life.   
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:''But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.'' (Luke 7:30)
:''But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.'' (Luke 7:30)


'''Baptism is identification with the death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.'''
'''Baptism is identification with the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.'''
:''Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also [in the likeness] of [his] resurrection:''  (Romans 6:3-5)
:''Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also [in the likeness] of [his] resurrection:''  (Romans 6:3-5)


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<div style="border-bottom:1px #B87333 solid; text-align:center; font-size:140%; padding:1px; margin:1px;">In what Name should Christians be baptized?</div>
<div style="border-bottom:1px #B87333 solid; text-align:center; font-size:140%; padding:1px; margin:1px;">In what Name should Christians be baptized?</div>
[[Image:Baptism-India.jpg|right|thumb|Baptism in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ in India.]]
[[Image:Baptism-India.jpg|right|thumb|Baptism in India.]]
Christians shoudl be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Christians should be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ or in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, provided that it is made clear that the person is doing this on the basis that they have believed on Jesus Christ for the remission of their sins.


Jesus said ''Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:'' (Mat. 28:19)     
Jesus said ''Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:'' (Mat. 28:19)     
#The name of the Father is Lord.
##''I am the LORD; that is my name!'' (Isa. 42:8)
##''The LORD who formed it the earth and established it— the LORD is his name.'' (Jer. 33:2)
#The name of the Son is Jesus.
##''She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.'' (Matt. 1:21)
#The name Christ (Greek: Christos), frequently applied to Jesus, is the name wherein the Holy Spirit, the anointing, is identified.
##''Christ [Greek: Christos] in you, the hope of glory.'' (Col. 1:27)
#The Name of the Father (Lord), and of the Son (Jesus), and of the Holy Spirit (Christ) cannot be separated into separate persons. 
##''God hath made ... Jesus... both Lord and Christ.'' (Acts 2:36)
##''Jesus Christ: (He is Lord of all).'' (Acts 10:36)
Christians should therefore be baptized in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, which is in the Name is the Lord Jesus Christ.  The words 'Father', 'Son', and 'Holy Spirit' are not names (or one Name), but are titles reflecting various attributes of God.


The following scriptures record actual baptisms in the New Testament:
The following scriptures record actual baptisms in the New Testament:
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