Hello,
There are several pictures given of baptism in the NT. Such as burial and a washing or a bath.
Example:
THE BURIAL IMAGE:
(Col 2:12) having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.
(Rom 6:4) We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
THE BATH/WASHING PICTURE:
"Be baptized, and wash away your sins..."
Is there a main picture of baptism, and would this be one of a burial or of a bath or something else?
Maybe I have gravitated towards mainly remembering the burial imagery due to my baptist beliefs and also because the phrase "wash away your sins" made me a little uncomfortable at first as a young Christian (and sometimes still does).
There are several pictures given of baptism in the NT. Such as burial and a washing or a bath.
Example:
THE BURIAL IMAGE:
(Col 2:12) having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.
(Rom 6:4) We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
THE BATH/WASHING PICTURE:
"Be baptized, and wash away your sins..."
Is there a main picture of baptism, and would this be one of a burial or of a bath or something else?
Maybe I have gravitated towards mainly remembering the burial imagery due to my baptist beliefs and also because the phrase "wash away your sins" made me a little uncomfortable at first as a young Christian (and sometimes still does).