SYMBOLIZING YOUR DEDICATION BY GETTING BAPTIZED

Thinking about the things we have just discussed may help you to make  a personal dedication to Jehovah in prayer.  Everyone who really loves God must also 'make public declaration of salvation.' (Romans 10:10) How do you go about doing that? 

Let the presiding overseer of your congregation know that you want to get baptized.  He will arrange for some elders  to review with you a number of questions that cover the Bible's basic teachings. If these elders agree that you qualify, they will tell you that you can be baptized at the next opportunity.  A talk reviewing the meaning of baptism is usually given on such occasions.  The speaker then invites   all baptism candidates to answer two simple questions as on way to make a verbal "public declaration" of their faith.

It is the baptism itself that publicly identifies you as a person who has made a dedication to God and is now one of Jehovah's Witnesses.  Baptism candidates are fully immersed ion water to show publicly that  they have made a dedication to Jehovah. 

Next time: THE MEANING OF YOUR BAPTISM 

From the Book: What Does the Bible Really Teach? 2005 and 2006