An essay to explain the meaning and significance of baptism for Christians today.

There are many meanings and responsibilities with important significances of Christians today through baptism. Being baptised as a Christian means that you become a full member of the church community and the significance of that is that you have to worship God in church every Sunday with the community as that is what Christianity is about. We are told to keep the Sabbath holy in the Ten Commandments. When we were baptised, we joined God's …

…a fresh start as their sins are washed away. In infant baptism infants are cleansed of Original Sin, which comes from the sins that Adam, and Eve committed, which is the temptation to sin. When we are baptised and become Christians we have many rules and beliefs that you have to live up to and follow, but you also become a member of God's family, a member of the Christian community and gain eternal life.