Dave Nettles Gospel Music
What's Next?
Now that you've accepted God's plan for your life!
You need to be baptized in water.
Water baptism is a symbolic act indicating you have died to your
old life, and when you come up from the water you are now alive in Jesus Christ. Jesus Himself
was baptized by John The Baptist. As Jesus ascended to Heaven, He gave us the command to preach
his Gospel and baptize in the name of The Father, The Son And The Holy Ghost.
The Book of Saint Matthew,
Chapter 3
Verse
1:
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of
Judaea,
2:
And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
3:
For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice
of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his
paths straight.
4:
And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle
about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
5:
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round
about Jordan,
6:
And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
7:
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he
said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the
wrath to come?
8:
Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
9:
And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for
I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto
Abraham.
10:
And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every
tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the
fire.
11:
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me
is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize
you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
12:
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather
his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable
fire.
13:
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
14:
But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest
thou to me?
15:
And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it
becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
16:
And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and,
lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God
descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
17:
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I
am well pleased.