The apostle Paul said, “Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead…” (Romans 6: 4 in the Bible) We promise to do certain things ...

"And Jesus came and spake unto them ... being baptized with the baptism of John. But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him." ...

Why would we want a higher doctrine of scripture than we have of Jesus?

Baptism was not a new idea ... near the area where John was probably preaching. Some Bible scholars think that John may have had connections with this community. Matthew records that when Jesus ...

After his baptism, Jesus went to the desert to ... but rather he wanted people to have true faith in him. Again Jesus replies with scripture, “Do not put the Lord your God to the test.” ...