Baptism is a Christian sacrament of admission and adoption with the use of water in the Christian church. Jesus came from Galilee to the River of Jordan and was baptized by John the Baptist. Many have called baptism a sacrament and an ordinance of Jesus Christ. Baptisms in some denominations are called christening, but usually when you hear the word christening you think of the baptism of infants. Among the early Christians a candidate for baptism would be totally submerged under the water or partially submerged whether standing or kneeling and the water would be poured over them. When John the Baptist baptized Jesus he was totally submerged under the water. In the bible baptism was mentioned numerous times. There is the baptism of repentance,
