JOHN 3:3, 5.--To permit a person to enter the kingdom of heaven.
ACTS 2:38; ACTS 19:1-6.--As a prerequisite to receiving the Holy Ghost.
ACTS 10:6, 48.--To obtain salvation: case of Cornelius.
ACTS 22:16.--To wash away sins: case of Paul.
_3. Mode of_
MATT. 3:16.--The baptism of Jesus: He came up out of the water.
MARK l:5.--John baptizes in the river Jordan.
ACTS 8:38.--Philip and the eunuch went down into the water.
ROM. 6:3-5; COL. 2:12.--We are buried with Christ in baptism. JOHN
3:5.--It is likened to a birth.