Q1: What is baptism?
A1: Baptism, or water baptism (洗礼，水礼) is an act that submerses a believer into the water.
Q2: So baptism changes/turns a person into a christian?
A2: No, the word christian = Christ + ian, so it means follower of Jesus Christ, those who believes and put their faith in Jesus Christ. So a baptism doesn't make a person becomes a christian. It is also not an official ceremony for someone to enter into Christianity. One becomes christian when they put their faith in Jesus Christ as their Savior.
Q3: So a person is baptised so that he or she can be save/gain salvation/enter heaven?"
A3: No, baptism is not necessary for the process of salvation. We are saved by faith alone in Christ alone (Ephesians 2:8-9, John 3:16). Paul said that our salvation is not by works, that means we cannot enter heaven by doing good deeds or any other act of humans, including baptism. We are justified by our faith in Jesus Christ, by believing that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, who died for us on the cross so that our sins may be taken away and declared as righteous. The faith that we have to believe in Jesus Christ is a grace that given by God himself, so that no one can boast.
Q4: If baptism don't changes a person into christian, nor it is necessary for salvation, so why christians are being baptised for?
A1: Baptism, or water baptism (洗礼，水礼) is an act that submerses a believer into the water.
Q2: So baptism changes/turns a person into a christian?
A2: No, the word christian = Christ + ian, so it means follower of Jesus Christ, those who believes and put their faith in Jesus Christ. So a baptism doesn't make a person becomes a christian. It is also not an official ceremony for someone to enter into Christianity. One becomes christian when they put their faith in Jesus Christ as their Savior.
Q3: So a person is baptised so that he or she can be save/gain salvation/enter heaven?"
A3: No, baptism is not necessary for the process of salvation. We are saved by faith alone in Christ alone (Ephesians 2:8-9, John 3:16). Paul said that our salvation is not by works, that means we cannot enter heaven by doing good deeds or any other act of humans, including baptism. We are justified by our faith in Jesus Christ, by believing that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, who died for us on the cross so that our sins may be taken away and declared as righteous. The faith that we have to believe in Jesus Christ is a grace that given by God himself, so that no one can boast.
Q4: If baptism don't changes a person into christian, nor it is necessary for salvation, so why christians are being baptised for?
A4: Before He ascended into heaven, Jesus gave the great commission, part of it is to baptise those who repent and believe in Him (Matthew 28:18-20). Baptism is an outward expression of the inward changes that God has started and will complete in the life of those who believe in Him. It is a public proclamation or testimony of what God has done in a believer. It is an act of obedience before God.
问1：何谓洗礼？
答1：洗礼，或水礼，是把基督徒浸入水中，或用水浇灌在基督徒身上。 洗礼是一个外在的行为，来表现神在基督徒里所做的内在的改变。
问2：洗礼是否把一个人变成基督徒？
答2：不。基督徒是那些跟从耶稣基督的人，他们信靠主耶稣基督为他们唯一的的救主。洗礼并没有把一个人变成基督徒，更不是一个仪式让某人“入教”。一个人成为基督徒，是当他们信靠主耶稣基督为他们唯一的的救主。
问3：基督徒被受洗，是为了被得救，进入天国吗？
答3：不。洗礼并不是得到救恩或进入天国的条件。基督徒得救是本乎神的恩，也因著信，而这信心并不是出於自己，乃是神所赐的。基督徒得救和进入天国并非靠人手所做的行为，所以我们不能靠洗礼被得救或进入天国。基督徒被成义，是因信靠耶稣基督，神的独生子被钉在十字架为基督徒的罪而死。
问4：倘若洗礼不能让某人变成基督徒，也不是被得救的条件，为什么需要进行洗礼呢？
答4：洗礼是耶稣基督复活之后，在升天之前，所给基督徒的其中一个大使命。他说：“你们要去，使万民作我的门徒，奉父、子、圣灵的名给他们施洗。”（马太福音28：19）洗礼是一个外在的行为，来表现神在基督徒里所做的内在的改变。洗礼是基督徒在众人前做的见证。洗礼也是个顺服神的行为。
答1：洗礼，或水礼，是把基督徒浸入水中，或用水浇灌在基督徒身上。 洗礼是一个外在的行为，来表现神在基督徒里所做的内在的改变。
问2：洗礼是否把一个人变成基督徒？
答2：不。基督徒是那些跟从耶稣基督的人，他们信靠主耶稣基督为他们唯一的的救主。洗礼并没有把一个人变成基督徒，更不是一个仪式让某人“入教”。一个人成为基督徒，是当他们信靠主耶稣基督为他们唯一的的救主。
问3：基督徒被受洗，是为了被得救，进入天国吗？
答3：不。洗礼并不是得到救恩或进入天国的条件。基督徒得救是本乎神的恩，也因著信，而这信心并不是出於自己，乃是神所赐的。基督徒得救和进入天国并非靠人手所做的行为，所以我们不能靠洗礼被得救或进入天国。基督徒被成义，是因信靠耶稣基督，神的独生子被钉在十字架为基督徒的罪而死。
问4：倘若洗礼不能让某人变成基督徒，也不是被得救的条件，为什么需要进行洗礼呢？
答4：洗礼是耶稣基督复活之后，在升天之前，所给基督徒的其中一个大使命。他说：“你们要去，使万民作我的门徒，奉父、子、圣灵的名给他们施洗。”（马太福音28：19）洗礼是一个外在的行为，来表现神在基督徒里所做的内在的改变。洗礼是基督徒在众人前做的见证。洗礼也是个顺服神的行为。
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Then Jesus came to them and said,
"All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.
And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
Matthew 28:18-20
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