What are you waiting for? Get up and be baptized. Have your sins washed away by calling on the name of the Lord.’ (Acts 22:16)
- It was commanded by Jesus. (Mt 28:18-20; Mk 16:16; Jn 3:3-5)
- It was administered by the early church. (Acts 2:38; 22:16; 1 Cor. 12:13; Gal. 3:26-27)
- It was connected to conversion as an expression of saving faith. (Acts 2:38; Col. 2:11-13; 1 Pet. 3:21)