Скачать или смотреть 'Water Baptism, The 1st Step of Obedience' by Pastor Calvin Bergsma

This is an important message on the biblical and spiritual significance of water baptism, presenting it as the important first step of obedience for every believer.

Pastor Cal highlights how baptism is a crucial response to faith in Christ, symbolizing repentance, the burial of the old self, and resurrection into a new life. Drawing from the Book of Acts and other New Testament passages, he emphasizes that baptism was always immediate, public, and done by immersion in early Christianity.

Using Scripture from John 14, Matthew 28, and Acts 2, he emphasizes that baptism is not merely symbolic—it is a command from Jesus, a public declaration of faith, and a gateway to deeper spiritual life, including empowerment by the Holy Spirit.

He outlines five foundational steps of conversion seen in the early church:
1. Hear (the Gospel)
2. Believe (place one's faith in Christ)
3. Repent (turn away from sin)
4. Confess (your faith to others)
5. Be Baptized

Pastor Calvin explores the origins of the word 'Baptize' and explains the true meaning of the Greek word “baptizo” (to immerse), challenging traditions like infant christening that have distorted its biblical meaning. He also shares historical context from the time of the Reformation and the subsequent persecution of Anabaptists who revived the practice of adult believer baptism.

Through personal testimony and compelling teaching, this message invites every believer who hasn’t yet been baptized to take this important step—not for tradition’s sake, but out of obedience and desire to follow Christ fully.
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