Sentences with phrase «if water baptism»

If water baptism was all that was important and necessary for salvation, there would have been no need for the disciples to wait in Jerusalem or receive the gift of holy spirit.

If water baptism makes people Christians, then how does one explain the people I know who were baptized * to please their girlfriend?

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They say water baptism is essential for the believer and act as if baptism in holy spirit is not really essential but perhaps «nice to have,» or valuable in many ways.

If you do not believe Jesus is the only way to heaven, then, it makes it very easy to deny that water baptism is essential for salvation.

That would be possible only if we could emerge from the waters of baptism mature and complete in Christ --» «already there.»

Baptism is simply a symbol of a change of heart, but the water does not save us, and we can be saved without being baptized if need be.

Hi, I'd would like to interject that if water immersion is an absolute requirement for the most important thing that there is for lost people to know, then why does water baptism not show up in all the scriptures that clearly state the Gospel message?

If baptism is not essential then why not walk in a new life before being baptized in water?

If it is good enough for Jesus to be baptised then its good enough reason for me to as well that was why i wanted to be baptised.He says that it was necessary to fulfill all righteousness verse 15 in that sense he could have been talking of fulfilling the requirements of the law and in Jesus we fulfill the requirements of the law.I do nt believe that it is neccesary step to be saved as some of the gentile believers Peter spoke to received the holy spirit before they were baptised.Its a good picture of the old being washed away and we are raised up as a new person in Christ.When i was baptised in the holy spirit and spoke in tongues it was exactly like a water baptism i felt the water washing over me as it washed i just started speaking in tongues.brentnz

Could Jesus in Matthew 28 be alluding to the Name of The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit all being Jesus Christ if Jesus in this passage was in fact referring to Water Baptism.

If Jesus was truly talking about water baptism in Matthew 28:19 - 20, then why is it that there is not a single example in all of Scripture where someone was water baptized according to the «formula» of Matthew 28:19?

If we think of baptism only as getting dunked under water, Paul's statement is difficult to understand.

If Jesus was talking about water baptism in Matthew 28:19 - 20, why is there no examples of baptizing in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit?

If you notice, The Fountainhead begins with a baptism... Roark standing on the edge of the cliff, preparing to dive into the water.

So if they used water for baptism, there is nothing in the parallel to suggest that we should give it up.

If you think Jesus is a good man, a good teacher, or even the son of God, but you deny that He is the only eternal Life Giver, the only Messiah Savior who gives you EVERLASTING Life, you are L O S T. Millions of professing Christians are LOST because they think its Jesus plus good works, water baptism, and / or other beliefs.