For a full discussion of this topic please see Dr. Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum's paper The Ordinance of Baptism.
- You do not have to be baptised to be saved
- Being baptised is a decision for the believer to make
- Believers should be baptised because:
- Messiah (Christ) commanded it, therefore it is the first act of obedient discipleship
- It is an identification with Messiah (Christ), the believer identifies himself, or herself, with the death, burial, and resurrection of Yeshua (Jesus)
- Baptism is by full immersion (Greek baptizo = "to immerse")
- Baptism is in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Mat 28:18-20)
- Only believers (those who are saved) are to be Baptised
