Why Water Baptism is Important | Pastor John Lindell | James River Church 

Great sermon! I repented about a year ago, "baptized" as an infant, getting biblically baptized tonight. 58y.old🙏😇

I just get baptized at 24 June 2023 at age of 48..Amen

What a wonderful teaching on baptism and scriptural

Me and my daughters are getting baptised today! Our pastor is a romantic....it will be in the sea @ sunset🌅 The Holy Spirit worked in my heart to get Baptised for a while now, but I wanted to wait for my husband. We all have to make our own decisions and I have peace to wait on the Lord for him..... Not my time, but God's. 🙌

What a perfect powerful message. Thank you .

I was Saved the Sunday night, before Thanksgiving and Baptised 2 days(nights) later❤️✝️ November 1990. My Dad was smiling SO BIG, from the Congregation, watching his youngest daughter (of 3 girls) get Saved n Baptised ❤️.He passed away, suddenly, 2 years later, while Golfing, at the age of 57. I was 22. I'm so thankful he got to see that❤️🕊️✝️

Amen...I just got baptized today 11/28/2021.. Am soo happy to be baptized

Baptism is a big deal and being saved without it is out of the ordinary.

Such profound expository preaching with this AOG church! What a blessing! Glory to God!

I’m on my way to be baptised while listening to this 😁

Wow what a wonderful teaching on Baptism. I'm blessed. Thank-you so much Pastor. 🙏

Thank you for this message. I get Baptised this Sunday👍

Thank you so much! I am getting baptized on Sunday

We have to take babtism in the name of Lord Jesus Christ

Immersion is the timing of accepting God's promise, the washing away of sin from the soul and the gift of the Holy Spirit.

We (my husband and I) are getting baptized this Sunday ♥️ Thank you for this Pastor

Yes Lord I want to see my husband and his brother and sisters be obedient to the commandment and get baptised and come out of catholic church, this is my desire Lord, I believe you are already working in their live, they will proclaim Jesus as their personal Saviour, in your precious and mighty name I pray amen and amen 🙏❤️

I'm heading out to a remote community in Australia 🇦🇺 to do baptisms 🙏✝️🕊 super excited for what the Holy Spirit is going to do! & is already doing there🔥🥰

Thank you Pastor.. for your wonderful sermon. It was so moving to me. I am getting baptized tomorrow. Praise the Lord.

Beautiful message I learned so much may God continue to bless u and use you for he’s glory

Amazing revelations 🙏

I will be baptized tommorow. AMEN

Getting baptized tomorrow. Praise God and thanks you for posting. ❤

This cleared some things up for me. Thank you!

I had so much fear about it but this summer I’m getting BAPTIZED!!

Thank you for this! I'm sending this to my Lutheran best friend ❤️

AMEN AMEN

Thanks Pastor nice massage

I just got water baptized in August 21th 2022.

I've been born again a long time ago and till the time I saw this video I've been struggling about baptism because I've been told about my infant baptism. I've always confused like how we baptize first and then repent later, its not like in the Bible. I'm a Presbyterian and we care not to talk about baptism. But Now I Understand! Praise God

Thank you for this message I am baptizing my son, daughter, mother , and 2 friends as soon as I can gather them together. ALL Praise and Glory to the most high Father and THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU Jesus!!!!

AMENN❤

Thank u so much for a delightful message which prepares me to follow Jesus Christ command❤

Baptism may be important I also have done it but don't be deceived the Bible says belief on Jesus is all you need for salvation..remember the their on the cross wasn't baptized and he went to paradise praise God

Its the command of Jesus to be born again so as to see God and get into his kingdom

yes Good gospel all we need to do is trust and obey ! God bless you Lord Jesus be praised

Fantastic. I had no idea how important it is to get baptized. But in my church they make you wait a long time, almost like you have to "earn the right" after being a parishioner for several months. I may just go to a lake and baptize myself in the meantime. Better than nothing

Wow !!! This message just open my eyes!!!

I'm getting baptized this sunday,Thank you enlightening this for me

Dear sir, Beautiful sermon.. it helps alot of people. God bless you and your family an church family. Thank you sir and have a wonderful day!

Very nice message. Many good points were mentioned. Baptism is important! Praise God!

This is a very educational sermon. Thank you! Tom in Shizuoka prefecture, Japan

That was the most clearest and awesomest teaching about baptism 🥰 thank you Pastor. Godbless you!

I was Baptized by the Holy Ghost in 2021, not sure exactly when because it was by the will of God, but i knew by belly flew rivers of living water 😊. I'm not interested in any other baptism after i heard the Gospel. ❤

This sermon was such a blessing thank you Pastor

Amazing sermon, so insightful! Thanks so much for sharing, God Bless

I will be baptized in a few days 😭🙏🏾so many things happening in my body and mind

Shared this around. Wonderful explanations

Ur voice is just like Rev Billy Graham and Anointing is also same with u sir

THE BIBLE SAYS BAPTISM SAVES US Mark 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 1 Peter 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

You had me till communion

I got baptized just last week Sunday

Me also

John 3:3, John 3:5-6, Acts 2:38, Matthew 3:2, Mark 1:15, Matthew 28:19-20, Mark 16:16

Amen brother.

Baptism is by immersion not sprinkling and when a person reaches the age of accountability how can a infant be accountable.

Go look up the meaning of "Mikveh" in the hebrew. This is actually where "baptidzo" comes from.

Can a person be saved before water baptism then let's say live another 30 years, never getting water baptized, die, and still go to heaven?

I Pastor Irfan Sahil form Pakistan Islamabad

And ham is unclean - has always been.

35:35

Sir, if a child is not baptised and died , is she or be saved? We are baptizing a person those who are aged of 18 yrs, because he can repent and knows his sin.

This doctrine that you are not saved unless you are baptized is not scriptural. I believe that this teaching is incorrect. His first verse that he read at the beginning of this video actually contradicts what he is teaching.

James River. So if you're not saved, you don't obey Christ to be saved? "And he became the author of salvation to all that obey him." Jesus did not have a problem with grammar, and He meant what he said in Mk.16. "He that believes (the gospel) ""and"" is baptized will be saved...". Faith + obedience = Salvation. "But he that believes not, will be condemned." Takes two acts to be saved, one to condemn. A person who refuses to believe the gospel has condemned himself, therefore does not meet the qualifications to be immersed into Christ, which is when Jesus forgives the sinner. Take a look at Rom.6:17-18. "But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have ""obeyed"" from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being ""then"" made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness." James River, according to the passages above, when does a person become free from sin, before or after obedience to the doctrine Paul explains in the beginning of the chapter??? James, it clearly is after one submits to being baptized. Faith and obedience is always conjoined in scripture (Jn.3:36 NASB). After Peter explained to the crowd on Pentecost what they needed to do to be saved (vs 36-38), notice they were not saved at the point of faith and repentance as you presume. For, Peter "continued with many other words testifying and exhorting saying ""save yourselves"" from this wicked generation" (vs.40). James River, if they were saved at the point of faith, which is your position, Peter would have never clarified they still needed saving. So what did they do to save themselves? Answer: "then they that gladly received his words were baptized: and on that same day were added unto them about three thousand souls" (vs.41). To save themselves they were baptized. Then/afterwards Jesus added the 3000 to them, those who Jesus first put into the church that same morning. Jesus does not add anyone to his church/kingdom until they are baptized for the forgiveness of their sins. Do you remember the conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus? Nicodemus and his fellow pharisee companions "rejected the counsel of God not being baptized of John." Let that sink in a moment. Jesus knew this when Nicodemus approached him that night. Nicodemus had no intentions of being baptized of John. So Jesus made it clear to him, if he wasn't born again, Jesus was not going to give him access to the kingdom of God. Nicodemus had a hard time understanding what Jesus meant by being born again. He knew full well a baby cannot go back into his mothers womb, much less an OLD man such as he, so it was obvious Jesus had something else in mind. Not the amniotic fluid which breaks at childbirth which Calvin invented. The question raised by Nicodemus was "how can an OLD man be born again?" Jesus answered and explained "unless a man (not a baby) is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (Jn.3:5). Nicodemus understood water to be a reference to Baptism, what he had difficulty with was regarding how the Holy Spirit plays a role in our conversion. Keeping in context, "that which is born of the flesh" is the Baptismal ceremony, which is the physical part of how one is born Again, it is visibly seen. Where "that which is born of the Spirit is spirit" is invisible, as the reception of the gift of the Holy Spirit, the forgiveness of sins, the answer of a good conscience toward God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ by which "baptism does also now save us" (1Pt.3:21). Read 1Pt.1:22-23 for an explanation of how the Spirit plays a role in our conversion.