Heaven- It’s a Family Thing

It is my goal in this writing to logically take a look at and fully discuss the thought and question as to whether or not “Baptism” as a religious practice is an essential element of one’s desire for acceptance by God and ultimately a key and necessary procedure in the working of God and our soul’s salvation and deliverance into the next life, Heaven. It has been said as long as I can remember that Heaven is a “prepared place” for a “prepared people” and basically, I would certainly agree. It has also been a “rub” among the various religious groups as long as I can recall, as well, this whole discussion of baptism and what the act itself does or does not do for us in our relationship with God. Is baptism part of this “preparation” getting us ready for the next life? Is this act a requirement of God in our effort to comply with the ordinances and precepts contained in His will?

I am a firm believer that when it comes to God, whether I agree or not, He can do anything that He desires to do as He has made all things including me by the mere exercise of His will and the unimaginable power of His spoken word.

The scriptures tell of His thought and intent for mankind and the map that He laid out prior to creating anything, including man, to provide a return path for Him that would be available to all mankind after mankind took the “wrong turn” out of the garden by allowing Satan’s seduction and man’s untimely demise.

There are those, and the number is plentiful, who wish to minimize or even disparage the Bible, God’s word, as it proclaims itself to be and clearly what I believe to be the very breath of God. These naysayers do everything in their power and at every opportunity speak against, even eloquently, proclaiming that this book is merely the work of men and is for the most part a fabrication of human ideas. Some even proclaim its contents are outright lies intended by the men who wrote it to control mankind through oppression and dangerous misleading rules and regulations that lie to the unsuspecting and weak minded. They make the holy writings of scripture out to be fables of men who seek power and fame when, in fact, as I see it, they are the liars and rebellious minds seeking to undermine the perfect and peaceful life that all who follow the writings in scripture have the opportunities afforded by the Creator to live life to its fullest. This full life, if lived, paves the way to an eternal abode with the Creator Himself, in Heaven.

Is baptism a required component of this journey or is baptism simply a choice, that is to say optional, for those who want to believe as God lays out in His scripture? Or is baptism simply a figurative idea that has been included for one’s mental clarification and understanding of God, His workings and the individual’s standing before God?

Many times, it is with great effort it seems that we struggle over and over to find our own answers only to discover at the end of the path that God had it right the whole time.