Understanding the Meaning of Baptism - WHAT CHRISTIAN BAPTISM INVOLVES -Conclusion

 Even before you begin learning the truth, you may have lived a reasonably good life and never committed any serious sins. Or you may have been raised by Christian parents, who helped you to love Jehovah. Do you still need to repent and get baptized to gain God's favor? Yes, regardless of our background, we must all recognize that we inherited sin, which alienated us from God.  (Psalm 51:5) As we come to know Jehovah, though, we choose to put his will ahead of ours. Once we do that, we can repent of our previous course and turn around-begin following a way of life that pleases our Father in heaven. We can then get baptized. - ACTS 3:19. 

If you previously got baptized as an adherent of another religion, you still need to get baptized as one of Jehovah's Witnesses. Why? Because you did not then sufficiently understand the truth about Jehovah God and Jesus. And if you dedicated yourself to God in prayer, your promise would not have based on a correct understanding of his will. When the apostle Paul met men in Ephesus who previously got baptized without having the needed understanding of Christian teaching, he arranged for them to get rebaptized.  (Acts 19:1-5) Likewise today, baptism is valid only if it is based on an accurate knowledge of God's will. 

Next time: Understanding the Meaning of Baptism - "IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOL SPIRIT" 

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