耶穌基督生於中東，以色列。耶穌在以色列傳揚福音，在耶路撒冷受難復活。基督教最早的發展也在耶路撒冷，猶大，撒馬利亞一代。不久以後，教會已經發展到小亞細亞，希臘，意大利等地。用中國歷史計算時間，這都是屬於漢朝。
耶穌基督的一位使徒，名叫保羅，寫了幾封書信給早期的基督徒，其中的一封書信寫給住在羅馬的基督徒。在信函中保羅提醒讀者，當他成為基督徒時，他受了洗；保羅說明洗禮是怎麼一回事。保羅說：“豈不知我們這受洗歸入基督耶穌的人，是受洗歸入他的死嗎？”（這是羅馬書六章三節。）
下面，請讓我們按照保羅所寫的這句話，了解洗禮的意義和重要，好嗎？
“豈不知我們”：“我們”是當時的基督徒，包括保羅在內。保羅說“我們”做了什麼呢？“豈不知我們這受洗歸入基督耶穌的人…” 意思是，當張三受洗的時候，他就歸入在耶穌裡面，他歸入耶穌名下。“歸入”的意思就在下一句話講的更清楚，“豈不知我們這受洗歸入基督耶穌的人，是受洗歸入他的死嗎？”保羅告訴讀者，洗禮使得他們歸入耶穌的死。洗禮讓張三，在靈性上，與耶穌的死亡聯結。透過洗禮，人們接觸到耶穌的死亡，並且讓耶穌的寶血在自己個人的身上發生作用。
《聖經新約》再三地告訴我們，神用他的愛，他的恩典以及耶穌的寶血拯救世人。耶穌為我們被釘在十字架上，流他的寶血，為要洗去我們的罪。當然《聖經》教導我們要悔改我們的過失和罪孽，神才赦免我們，但是在羅馬書六章這裡，保羅強調另外一點，那就是洗禮。保羅說，當受洗的時候，耶穌的寶血在我們身上發出他的力量來；洗禮使得我們“歸入”耶穌基督。
難怪，基督徒那樣重視洗禮。難怪，基督徒把他受洗的日子當作他“重生”的日子，他成為基督徒的日子。在《聖經》看來，“歸入基督”就是成為基督徒的意思，又是進入基督教之門的意思。“歸入基督”就是被神加入他屬靈的家，就是他的教會的意思。
朋友，不知道，你是不是有一些基督徒朋友，或者您自己，因為拜讀了《聖經》就想要成為基督徒。我請您，多多地閱讀《聖經》，明白洗禮的意義。之後，請一位基督徒為您施洗，讓您“歸入耶穌基督，”成為基督徒，就如保羅在羅馬書六章三節所說的：“…豈不知我們這受洗歸入基督耶穌的人，是受洗歸入他的死…。
【洗禮】二：歸入耶穌基督
“Baptism” 02: Baptized into Christ Jesus
作者：謝德華 ©By Edward Short
Baptized Into Christ Jesus
Romans 6:3
Jesus Christ was born in the Middle East, in Israel. Jesus preached the gospel in Israel and was crucified and resurrected in Jerusalem. The earliest growth of Christianity was in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. Before long however, the church was already in Asia Minor, Greece, Italy and other places. Calculated according to Chinese history, this took place during the Han Dynasty.
One of Jesus’ apostles was a man named Paul. Paul wrote letters to early Christians and one such letter went to the Christians in Rome. In his letter, Paul reminded the Roman Christians that they’d been bap¬tized when they became Christians and Paul explained clearly what baptism was. Paul said, “…don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?” [Romans 6:3, NIV].
Let’s take a moment and see exactly what about baptism Paul teaches in this Scripture.
“…don’t you know that all of us”: “us” refers to the Christians to whom Paul was writing, including Paul himself. What did Paul say that “all of us” did? Paul said, “…don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ…” This means that when someone was baptized he identified himself with Jesus and entered “into” Jesus Christ. “Into” is further explained in the entire phrase, “…don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?” Paul says that baptism enabled a person to enter “into” the death of Jesus. In baptism a person is united spiritu¬ally with the death of Jesus; in baptism, a person contacts the death of Jesus and thus enables the blood of Jesus to be applied to that individual person.
Over and over the Bible tells us that all people are saved by God’s love and grace and by the blood of Jesus. Jesus was nailed to the cross and shed his blood for us so that our sins might be washed away. The Bible teaches that God cannot forgive us unless we repent of our sins, but in Romans chapter six, Paul emphasizes something else, and that is baptism. Paul says that the blood of Jesus takes effect on us person¬ally when we’re baptized; it’s in baptism that we enter “into” Jesus Christ.
No wonder then that Christians so emphasize baptism. No wonder that Christians see their baptism as the day they are “reborn,” as the day they become a Christian. According to the Bible, entering “into Christ Jesus” means becoming a Christian and stepping through the door into Christianity. Entering “into Christ Jesus” means being added by God to his spiritual family, the church.
Perhaps you have some Christian friends, who, because of Bible study, have decided to become Christians; maybe you yourself have made this decision. I encourage you to keep studying until you under¬stand the meaning of baptism. Then ask a Christian minister or friend to baptize you “into Christ Jesus” so you will become a Christian, just as Paul says in Romans 6:3, “…all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death…”