Teachings of Presidents of the Church
Lorenzo Snow
I love studying the gospel! This is the first time in my life that I have made it a priority and I am so glad I have. Some days I learn new things and am impressed by what is said. Other days I don't learn anything and am not impressed. I am grateful for the days that I do. Today I was enlightened about baptism. I was baptized when I was eight and my eldest daughter has been baptized. I have never thought of why we do exactly what we do with baptism. I may have heard at some point part of what I read but never felt it so deeply before. There are some great scriptures from the New Testament that give it more meaning. In John 3:23 it says he traveled to a city that had much water. If only a sprinkling was sufficient why would he travel to a place that had much water? There are a few scriptures that signify that they were all the way in the water. The Saviour came up out of the water (Matthew 3:16). Eunuch went down into the water and then came up out of the water (Acts 8:26-38). The symbol that I think I have heard of before is that going in the water is like being buried and coming up again is like the resurrection (Romans 6:4,; Colossians 2:12).
No comments:
Post a Comment