Good morning my brothers and sisters I am grateful for this opportunity given to me by the missionaries to speak to you all about the given topic.
You might be thinking why must we be baptized?
We must be baptized in order to enter into the Celestial kingdom of God. In the gospel of Jesus Christ there are certain principles and ordinances that we must learn and obey while living upon this earth. The first two principles are in the fourth article of faith which you guys know well, which is... ‘We believe in the first principles and ordinances of the gospel are first faith in the lord Jesus Christ second repentance. The first ordinance of the gospel is Baptism. One of the instructions given to Jesus’ apostles was “go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father and in the son and in the Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe all things whatsoever He commanded them.
All those who humble themselves before God and desire to be baptized that have truly repented of all of their sins shall be received by baptism into his church. This means when you are baptized and receive the Holy Ghost you are then members of the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints. Now when we are baptized the scriptures has taught us the prophet Alma who is in the Book of Mormon taught that faith and repentance are steps that prepare us for today, your baptism. (Show picture) he taught when we are baptized we make covenants with our heavenly father, we promise to do certain things and god promises to bless us in return.
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