Baptism
In Salvation of Sand Mountain, the author, Dennis Covington "considered asking him [Brother Carl] to baptize me in the Tennessee River, but I finally decided to be baptized in my home church in Birmingham instead (Covington 133). Why did Dennis Covington want to be baptized? What did it signify? What is its origin? The word baptism is derived from a Greek word, meaning to overwhelm or to cover wholly with fluid. In English its meaning is the process by which a man or object is completely immersed in water and then withdrawn from it again (Barth 1948). This process is symbolic of cleansing the body of sins. By being baptized, believers are coming to a new life in Christ (White 1960). "He who believes and is baptized will be saved" (Mark 16).
------------------------------------------------------------------------ (--). In his preaching's, he would tell the people, "I am baptizing you in water, but there is one to come that is greater than I. I am not fit to loosen his sandal strap. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire" (Luke 3:1). When Jesus came to John to get baptized, John was unwilling to baptize him because Jesus was sinless, and therefore, did not confess his sins. John knew that Jesus was the Messiah; and in order to fulfill his righteousness, he must be baptized. it states the requirements for baptism clearly: an individual must willing to repent all of their sins; he or she must also be completely immersed in water; the individual must come and asked to be baptized of their own
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