Lexis and structure: Choose the option that best completes the gap. The students, along with their teacher, ___ for an excursion next week.

Explanation

Baptism in Christianity is initiation rite using water. Symbolizes: cleansing from sin, death to old life, resurrection to new life in Christ, identification with Jesus death and resurrection.

Methods vary: immersion (full submersion), affusion (pouring), aspersion (sprinkling). Denominations differ on mode and whether infants or only believers should be baptized.

Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, commanded disciples to baptize (Matthew 28:19). For most Christians, baptism is essential response to faith, though views on its necessity for salvation differ.