{"id":84158,"date":"2018-01-13T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uckg.org\/pt\/?p=84158"},"modified":"2023-04-21T11:33:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T10:33:55","slug":"por-que-o-batismo-nas-aguas-e-muito-mais-do-que-um-banho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uckg.org\/pt\/por-que-o-batismo-nas-aguas-e-muito-mais-do-que-um-banho\/","title":{"rendered":"Por que o batismo nas \u00e1guas \u00e9 muito mais do que um banho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"alignnone\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" title=\"Why water baptism is so much more than a bath\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The attitude of converting and following the Lord Jesus is the most important thing in human life, as it interferes with <\/span><\/span><a title=\"Spreading the perfume of our Lord!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uckg.org\/pt\/espalhando-o-perfume-do-nosso-senhor\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">all of your eternity<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> . <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">A very important act that is part of this decision is water baptism.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">&#8220;Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">but whoever does not believe will be condemned.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">(Mark 16:16)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">The Lord Jesus himself had to be baptized, showing the example that every Christian must follow to start the journey of faith towards the Salvation of the soul. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">But although simple, it represents much more than a bath.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">\u201cThrough him we are buried, signifying that the life before our conversion, for us and for the world, is definitely dead. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">By burial, through baptism, our ego ceases to exist for sin, which will no longer have dominion over us, since we are already dead to it\u201d, explains Bishop Macedo in the book \u201cNos Passos de Jesus <\/span><\/span><a title=\"Bishop Macedo's Salary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uckg.org\/pt\/o-salario-do-bispo-macedo\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> .<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">It does not mean that from that moment on the person will never make a mistake again or that he will automatically drop the sin; <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">but, as you assumed your faith in Jesus, you will have to invest in your relationship with Him and thus you will have the strength to fight against all the onslaughts of evil.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">\u201cBaptism establishes the choice of a new way of living, your <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uckg.org\/pt\/entenda-o-poder-das-maos-de-deus-na-vida-de-uma-pessoa\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">will ceases to prevail because it is now dependent on God&#8217;s will<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> for your life\u201d, completes the bishop.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">children&#8217;s baptism<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">A person is only prepared to be baptized after being aware of the sins committed and repenting.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">\u201cThat&#8217;s the big reason why we can&#8217;t baptize children. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">They must, yes, be <\/span><\/span><a title=\"The crimes of Eli's sons\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uckg.org\/pt\/os-crimes-dos-filhos-de-eli\/\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">presented to God<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> , as it is written: Then, taking them in his arms and imposing his hands on them, he blessed them. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">(Mark 10.16)\u201d, adds Bishop Macedo.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A atitude de se converter e seguir o Senhor Jesus \u00e9 a mais importante da vida do ser humano, pois ela interfere em toda a sua eternidade. Um ato important\u00edssimo que faz parte dessa decis\u00e3o \u00e9 o batismo nas \u00e1guas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[683,657],"tags":[3377,195,197,3376,5231],"class_list":["post-84158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internacional-news","category-noticias","tag-apresentadas-a-deus","tag-god","tag-jesus","tag-o-bispo-macedo","tag-toda-a-sua-eternidade"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uckg.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uckg.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uckg.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uckg.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uckg.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84158"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.uckg.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105551,"href":"https:\/\/www.uckg.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84158\/revisions\/105551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uckg.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uckg.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uckg.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}