Take water baptism for example.
Not exact matches
Here's the counter example: That young man was a known alcoholic, and comes to his
baptism drunk, and right after he emerges from the
waters takes a long swig from his 5th of Jack saying: «I'm a Christian and God's loves me just the way I am.»
When people want be baptized «in the right way,» they argue about when
baptism should
take place, how much
water is necessary, where the
baptism can occur, who can perform the
baptism, what actions should be performed during the
baptism, and what words need to be said along with the
baptism.
My
takes on the flood is a type and shadow of
water baptism.
It
takes a pretty big stretch of the imagination to believe that this text is talking about a spiritual
baptism and not
water baptism.
The Bible clearly teaches
water baptism is necessary to be saved John 3:3 - 5 which Jesus says Water and Spirit Romans 6: 3 - 4 and many many more places you are right about some of the things baptism represents but please take a closer look at why all the conversions in Acts involve water bap
water baptism is necessary to be saved John 3:3 - 5 which Jesus says
Water and Spirit Romans 6: 3 - 4 and many many more places you are right about some of the things baptism represents but please take a closer look at why all the conversions in Acts involve water bap
Water and Spirit Romans 6: 3 - 4 and many many more places you are right about some of the things
baptism represents but please
take a closer look at why all the conversions in Acts involve
water bap
water baptism.
In our culture,
water baptism may not be the best way to symbolize that a radical change has
taken place in your life.
The
water of
baptism, used at the very beginning of our Christian lives,
takes us back to the very beginning of all things, when, as the prayer at the Easter Vigil reminds us, «your spirit breathed on the
waters, making them the wellspring of all holiness».3
For an example, some
take Peter's instruction in Acts 2:38 as a prescription for the practice of
water baptism ignoring other clear teaching that nothing we can do can save us and that
baptism is simply an outward reflection of Christ's saving work in our lives.