Matthew 3:11; 13-15 - “I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry…then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. Baptism is a public announcement of a personal decision Romans 6:34 – Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. Baptism is a picture of salvation Lifepoint Kids Leader Application