Getting baptized with PTSD

Q: I have PTSD but baptism is supposed to be in the sea. I've had really bad experiences and too traumatized to be baptized in the sea.

A: All that trauma should be gone once you are baptized. That's the point of getting baptized. It's much more than just dedicating our lives to God. It means putting to death our old self and being born again as a whole new person. Whoever you were before is not you anymore. Some people even get a new name when they are born again. The devil cannot accuse you of what you have done before because that wasn't you. That was a different person -- that person has died. You are a brand new creation. Whatever addiction or trauma or sickness is supposed to be gone when you emerge out of the water.

2 Corinthians 5:7

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

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