How do I go about getting Baptized?

[squeehunter]

I've been a Christian for about 4 or 5 years and was baptized as a baby in church back then but I think I'm supposed to do it now that I was able to choose the right path by myself. As a baby, I couldn't make any kind of commitment.

Who should I get to do this? I had to leave two of my churches because something just didn't feel right about them. I do attend bible study at my college's BCM (Baptist Collegite Ministries) center and I worship God non-stop so I feel like I'm still upholding the sabbath. Should I get the schools pastor Marty to baptize me?

 

[Nilla]

All I did was to go to my pastor and tell him I wanted to get baptized. I would talk to the schools pastor and tell him you want to get baptized and ask him for more information.

 

[Criada]

If you are attending a Baptist bible study, I'm sure that folks there will be delighted to help you organise this.
God bless you.

 

[heymikey80]

May I ask this more carefully?

First, realize that I don't see baptism the way you do. However, most people tell from Scripture that it's silent on the issues you're bringing up.

I was also raised a Baptist. I was once a Baptist.

I realize Baptistic arguments say baptism should follow after belief. But it may be better to consider whether you really trust Christ and not your association with certain believers or your observance of Sabbath, to qualify you for baptism. Faith alone is the qualification -- "faith-and-something-else" would cause every Baptist pastor to stop and ask a lot of questions.

So the question, are you trusting Jesus alone, not what a pastor might think, what people you associate with, what the right actions are?

As I read in your second paragraph, that's what led me to stop and ask deeper questions. Sabbath observance doesn't make someone right or wrong (Mt 12). And clearly disassociating from a group of believers isn't right, ever, even when something just doesn't seem right (1 Cor 11:17ff).

It's about relying on Jesus and Him alone for salvation -- and the Baptists got it right that's very focused on your personal response, falling on Him as right, and not about your walking in right paths or finding right worship or having right friends. The later things are important. They don't save you.

So God bless, and check with your college pastor.

 

[Zoness]

I agree with Mikey try to avoid any institution that pushes anything but faith alone for baptism. I have a semi-similar situation to you as I was baptised as baby in the Roman Catholic church and am now seeking adult baptism to confirm my faith I may do it in my dads non-denominational church because there are no other ideas being pushed with baptism but after that I may choose a church of my own.

 

[cakewalk]

Baptism is an outward expression of what has happened on the inside. As water cleanses, so does the Holy Spirit.
If the Holy Ghost has cleansed your heart, so that you seek after God, then being baptized is the symbolizm of your relationship with Christ.
Colossians 2:12
And you were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
The Greek for the word ‘baptizo’ means to immerse, plunge, or bury in water.
Mark 16:15-16
And he said unto them, Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believes and is baptized shall be saved, and he that disbelieves shall be condemned.
Enjoy your special day!

 

[LilLamb219]

You were baptized as a baby...God did it right the first time. There is absolutely NO need to get re-baptized otherwise you're saying to God that the blessings He bestowed upon you in baptism weren't enough.

In baptism, your sins have been washed away (Acts 22:16) and you have been clothed in Christ's righteousness (Gal. 3:27). In baptism you have received forgiveness of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38). Do not neglect these things that God has done for you by water and Word. Baptism is about what God does for US, not about what we do for Him.