Jesus wen teach dat Christians gotta get baptize. (Read um Matthew 28:19, 20.) But wat dat mean, fo get baptize? An wat somebody gotta do fo get dea?

1. Wat dat mean, fo get baptize?

Da word “baptize” come from one Greek word dat mean “fo dip” unda da watta. Wen Jesus had get baptize, his whole body wen go in da Jordan Riva, an den he wen come “up outa da watta.” (Mark 1:9, 10) Same same jalike Jesus, fo real kine Christians get baptize wen dea whole body go undaneat da watta.

2. Wat somebody show wen he get baptize?

Wen somebody get baptize, dey show dat dey wen give dea life to Jehovah God. How somebody give dea life to Jehovah? Befoa he get baptize, dat person pray to Jehovah by himself an tell Him dat he like serve him foeva. He promise he goin worship ony Jehovah an fo do wat God like goin be da mos importan ting in his life. He choose fo “make up [his] mind dat [he] no goin be da boss fo [him] no moa . . . [an] stay tight wit” wat Jesus teach an do. (Matthew 16:24) Giving his life to Jehovah an getting baptize make um so dat he can stay tight wit Him an wit oddas who worship him too.

3. Wat somebody gotta do befoa he can get baptize?

Befoa you get baptize, az importan fo learn about Jehovah an fo make yoa trus in him solid. (Read um Fo Da Hebrew Peopo 11:6.) Da moa you get fo know an trus Jehovah, da moa love an aloha you goin get fo him. Den fo shua, you goin like preach about him an live da way he like. (2 Fo Timoty 4:2; 1 From John 5:3) Wen somebody like make Jehovah feel good an live da way He like fo dem live, he goin like give his life to God an get baptize.—Fo Da Colosse Peopo 1:9, 10. a

 DIG MOA DEEP

4. We learn from wen Jesus get baptize

Read um Matthew 3:13-17 fo learn some moa about wen Jesus wen get baptize. Den talk story about dese questions:

• Jesus was one bebe wen he get baptize o wat?

• How he wen get baptize? Dey wen jus sprinkle him wit watta o wat?

Jesus wen start fo do da spesho work God wen give him fo do on top da earth wen he had get baptize. Read um Luke 3:21-23 an John 6:38, an den talk story about dis question:

• Afta Jesus wen get baptize, wat kine work was numba one in his life?

5. You can get baptize

Maybe you tink, fo give yoa life to Jehovah an fo get baptize az hard, aah? Still yet, you can get to wea you stay shua dat you like make da choice fo do dat importan ting. Fo see some peopo who wen do dat, play um da VIDEO.

Read um John 17:3 an From James 1:5, an den talk story about dis question:

• Wat can help somebody make ready fo get baptize?

1. We give oua life to Jehovah wen we tell him dat we like serve him foeva

2. Wen we get baptize, we show da peopo dat we wen give oua life to Jehovah

 6. Wen we get baptize, we come part of Jehovah’s ohana

Wen we get baptize, we come part of one tight ohana who stay all ova da world. Even if we no come from da same place an we wen grow up diffren from each odda, all us believe da same ting an live da way da Bible tell us fo live. Read um Songs Fo God 25:14 an 1 From Peter 2:17, an den talk story about dis question:

• Wen somebody get baptize, how dat change da way dey stay tight wit Jehovah an wit oddas who worship Him?

 WAT WE WEN TALK ABOUT

Jesus wen teach dat Christians gotta get baptize. Befoa somebody get baptize, dey gotta make dea trus in Jehovah solid, live da way He like dem fo live, an give dea life to Him.

Wat You Wen Learn

• Wat dat mean, fo get baptize, an how come az importan?

• Fo give yoa life to Jehovah an fo get baptize, wat dat gotta do wit each odda?

• Wat somebody gotta do befoa dey can give dea life to Jehovah an get baptize?