Hello I got baptized as a baby and raised up as a catholic but now I'm just a christian who just believe in what the bible says and not in the Catholic teaching but the bible says reprent and be Baptized and as a baby I didn't reprent or believed. Should I get baptised now when I believe I already have contact whit someone who can baptise me.
For most Christians Baptism is Baptism. Your Baptism as an infant is still Baptism. "Repent and be baptized" is not an order of events that need to be followed. You received Baptism, and as a baptized Christian growing up in the faith you are called to a life of repentance.
There's no magic formula here. God doesn't put a bunch of obstacles up, the call to baptism and repentance is not an obstacle to be overcome, it is an invitation to receive. "Come and eat with me at my house" is not a chore you have to accomplish, it's an invitation.
Baptism is the means through which we are born again, receiving new life from God, are brought into the Church and adopted as God's children. Repentance is the new sort of life we are to have as God's children. Repentance is not some one time event, it is the daily dying, taking up our cross and following Jesus. The Greek word translated as "repentance" is metanoia, it refers to a change or transformation of the mind, of one's thinking. It does involve sorrow and grief over our sins, but the larger picture is a change in our thinking and mindset.
There's a story about the ancient Jewish historian Josephus, during the Jewish Roman War Josephus encountered a Zealot (the Zealots were Jewish patriots who desired the overthrow of Rome and gain Jewish independence) and said to him, "Repent and follow me." Josephus was saying, "Come and do things my way, come and see things my way."
Christ calls us to a renewed life, transformed, shaped, and molded by Him. "The kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe the good news" are the first words He speaks in the Gospel of Mark. This call to repent is a call of radical change, of turning from our present course and toward a new course.
St. Paul says, "Do not be conformed by the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." Elsewhere the same apostle writes, "Have this same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who though being in the form of God did not regard equality with God something to exploit, but emptied Himself taking on the form of a slave, born in human likeness. And being found in human likeness humbled Himself in obedience unto death, even death on the cross."
The way of Christ is the way of the cross, to be a people shaped and defined by Jesus and His sufferings.
The life of repentance to which we are called is not some over night thing, it is the crucified life of the disciple of Jesus Christ in this present world. Baptism brings us into that life. Therefore "Repent and be baptized" is not an order of events, it is, again, an invitation, it is Jesus saying to us, "Come and follow Me." When you received your baptism as an infant you were brought into this new life which is in Christ, and the Church made a pledge both to you and to God to see you grow in Christ, to grow and become His disciple. And that invitation, that call on you, to be His disciple still remains upon you, it's what you received in your Baptism. There's no need to get baptized again, you are already baptized. Here and now there is this: Believe the good news, you belong to Jesus, this is not of yourself, it is the gift of God freely given through faith; and as one redeemed and set free by Christ, now come and follow Jesus.
And I want to be sure I got baptized and I'm Not sure. And 1 other question can you sell your soul? I have ocd and have alot of thoughts about it and it makes me a little bit scared and people say you need to sign a contract or something but do you need to sign that contract in real life or in your thoughts because when I found out you need to sign a Contract I got thoughts i was singing a contract and that is making me scared.. I always say my soul belongs to jesus and God. But still I'm scared can you sell your soul and if you can do you need to sign the contract in real life on paper or in your thoughts or imaging that you do it. And should I get baptized now.
Thank you
Kvg
and my fear of the unforgivable sin is gone now
I'm only scared that I sold my soul
No, it is not possible to sell one's soul.
1) The soul is not a possession that one can sell or trade.
2) The Scriptures clearly say, "Your life is not your own, you were bought with a price." You belong to Jesus Christ, as you were purchased with His own spilled blood. Your baptism is God's seal and promise to you of this irrevocable truth. You are Christ's, and no power above or below can separate you from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus.
-CryptoLutheran
