Should I Dedicate My Life to God and Be Baptized? - KNOWLEDGE AND FAITH

Before you can get baptized, you must come to know Jehovah and Jesus. You have already started to do this by studying the Bible.  (Read John 17:3)  But that is not enough.  The Bible says that  you must be "filled with the accurate knowledge of Jehovah's will.  (Colossians 1:9)  The meetings of Jehovah's Witnesses will help you to have a closer relationship with Jehovah. That is one important reason for you to attend those meetings regularly. - HEBREWS 10:24, 25.

Of course, Jehovah does not expect you to know everything in the Bible before you go get baptized. He didn't expect the Ethiopian man to know everything before he got baptized.  (Acts 8:30, 31)  And we will continue learning about God forever.  (Ecclesiastes 3:11)  But to get baptized, you need to know and accept at least the basic teachings of the Bible. - HEBREWS 5:12. 

The Bible says:  "Without faith it is impossible to please God."  (Hebrews 11:6) So you need to have faith before you get baptized.  the Bible tells us that some people in the ancient city of Corinth heard what Jesus' followers taught and, as a result, "began to believe and be baptized."  (Acts 18:8)  Similarly, your study of the Bible has helped you to have faith in God's promises and in the power of Jesus' sacrifice, which can save us from sin and death. - JOSHUA 23:14; ACTS 4:12; 2 TIMOTHY 3:16, 17. 

Next time:  Should I Dedicate My Life to God and Be Baptized? - TELL OTHERS ABOUT BIBLE TRUTHS

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