What is this symbolism of baptism? Listen to Adrian Rogers.

Baptism pictures the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. For us, it pictures our death, burial, and resurrection with him.

Now, I want to ask you a question, if you were the devil, wouldn't you want to take that message out of the church?

Wouldn't you want people to forget that?

You see, what is the gospel?

The gospel is that Christ died for our sins, that it was buried, that it was raised again the third day.

That's the gospel.

Why is it that the Bible commands that we be baptized?

Because God wants to constantly make real to us what happens when we get saved.

And baptism is the graphic illustration of that.

Welcome to Loveworth Finding, featuring the profound truth of the gospel simply stated by Adrian Rogers.

You know, there are two common misconceptions people have about baptism,

that it's either necessary for our salvation

or that it's not important at all. Baptism symbolizes the death, burial, and resurrection

of Jesus as well as our death burial and resurrection with Him. While baptism is not necessary

to our salvation, it is necessary to our obedience.

It shows that we belong to Jesus Christ. If you have your Bible turned to Acts chapter 8,

we'll begin in verse 25 as Adrian Rogers delivers the convicting conclusion of Start Right, Believers baptism.

Now, there are two grave mistakes that are made about baptism. One mistake is,

since baptism doesn't save us, it's not important. That is a mistake. The other mistake about

baptism is this, where there's some who say if you don't get baptized,

you can't go to heaven. That's a mistake also. The truth is neither of those. While baptism is not necessary to salvation, baptism is necessary to obedience, and obedience is necessary to

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