Sentences with phrase «true baptism»

They were called Anabaptists because they insisted that the baptism of infants was not true baptism, that only believers should be baptized, and that if an individual had been baptized in infancy, after he had the experience of being justified by faith he should be re-baptized.

True baptism is not just the sprinkling with, dipping in, or pouring on water.

The question is not «How little water can we use and still have a true baptism?»

Not exact matches

The spiritualization of thought is the true «baptism.»

I testify to you that Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints is that one true faith and baptism!

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints does not recognize any other baptism as legitimate unless it is through their church, which they believed is the only «True» church on the planet.

sacraments — true you probably don't need a church for them — baptism is commanded (for believers), it's special, but not neccesssarily a sacrament, it can be done by any believer, although possibly it was only the apostles who baptized (I tend to go with the baptist view on baptism, because that's what I read in the Bible.

If by some amazing coincidence the Flying Spaghetti Monster church is not true, then your proxy baptism for me will be null and void in the afterlife anyways, since it wasn't authorized by God.

Again, this isn't the claim that «I can make water have magical saving power» but that Jesus and those who learned directly from Him treated conversion and baptism as inseparable because true faith bears fruit.

True Law and grace can't be mixed, but baptism is not found in the Law, however it is all through the New Testament.

This is also true with Christian baptism.

So if baptism saves us, how can it be true that eternal life is received by faith alone in Jesus Christ alone, apart from works?

The administration of the Church's sacraments is equally important, of course, and this is especially true for us if we accept the position of the sixteenth - century Reformers that in the celebration of the sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion, as well as in the pulpit, the gospel is proclaimed and expressed.

I can't quite figure out what has people upset about this??? If you don't believe that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is true, then I am guessing you probably don't believe that the ordinance of proxy baptism that has been done by member of that church actually means anything.

If they are true believers and not riding some particular hobby horse they must surely say that everything has remained the same that is really necessary for life as well as for death: the crucified and risen Christ, his grace, baptism, the true body and blood of the Lord in the Eucharist, the forgiveness of sins, the expectation of eternal life, the ancient dogma binding on all, the one commandment of the love of God and our neighbour.

It is used at Jesus» baptism, so that the reader knows the true nature of Jesus.

This, I have come to see, is especially true for that most primitive, primal and primordial of all Christian acts — baptism.

No matter what activity was actually going on in the Corinthian church regarding «the dead», why is the discussion / controversy about baptism and not the «true» means of salvation according to Baptists and evangelicals: an internal belief in Christ; an internal «decision» for Christ?

So hear ye all, and well perceive What God doth call baptism, And what a Christian should believe Who error shuns and schism: That we should water use, the Lord Declareth it His pleasure; Not simple water, but the Word And Spirit without measure; He is the true Baptizer.

This is true even in the churches which give little or no emphasis to baptism, the Lord's Supper, or the other five sacraments recognized in Catholicism: confirmation, penance, marriage, extreme unction, and, for priests, ordination.

I don't believe that God would send the majority of his children to Hell merely because they never had the chance to understand and know true principles like repentance and exercising faith leading to baptism and becoming a disciple of Christ.

For the author to compare baptism and gay marriage only makes me question his true comprehension of God's word.

Assumed, Mr. Long and his Free Church see baptism as a mere symbolic act, I would not wonder that he experienced a fall (I don't know, whether he has really experienced a fall, but it is supposed in the article above), because he can not be connected with the true Redeemer.

All true Churches keep the one holy sacramental baptism, which is not allowed to be repeated, and they teach that baptism is a divine call for discipleship.

Baptism doesn't give us eternal life, but is simply an outward symbol of an inner reality that is true of all who believe in Jesus for eternal life.

It is true that some Churches practice baptism in the name of Jesus and that is ok, beacuse the Father has given all authority to Jesus here on earth and in Heaven.

«the baptism of John was a call to Jews to return to true and proper Judaism, where people were generous with their money, honest in their business dealings, and gracious in their use of power over others (Luke 3:10 - 14).»

The same is true of baptism.

Very true, the baptism of the Holy Spirit does not require any water but brings about great change in the life of an individual.

How does a true Christian act when he or she has sinned after baptism?

It is true that the RCC also keeps sacramental baptism.

This statement would be true for most middle - aged Mormons: the youth perform the bulk of the proxy baptisms, because they require full immersion and some degree of physical vigor.

Requirements for baptism are repentance and faith (accepting the gospel as true).

It is true, as St. Paul says that Christ loved the Church and sacrificed himself to make her holy, making her clean by baptism, but he is waiting to take those souls to himself so that they will be glorious, with no speck or wrinkle, but holy and without blemish (Eph.

My role is to restore in the person a true sense of his or her own power, and to witness to and offer appropriately the power given to the church through baptism and Eucharist, scripture and prayer.

The true Church teaches that baptism is a divine call for discipleship and not a free ticket for heaven.

It may well be true that no church perfectly embodies all I have suggested (though, looking back at the article, I do not think I set the practical bar very high: decent liturgy shaped by theology, helpful catechisms, good preaching, baptism, Lord's Supper, a basic grasp of history etc.).

Baptism, therefore, means remission of sins, reception of the Spirit, belonging to the Messiah, entry into the new people of God, the true circumcision, sharing in the blessings of the Kingdom, dying and rising with the Christ, rebirth to become a new creation and leading a resurrection existence morally blameless.

True Christian churches such as Catholic & others DO NOT recognize LDS baptism: http://www.catholicdoors.com/faq/qu46.htm Enough said...

People joined through repentance and baptism, and declared that God's true power would emerge on the margins of the society.

It is there choice anyway and this is not being insensitive because if the religion is true the so is the baptism is it is not then it is equivalent to praying for their sole.

The report ends by suggesting that keeping up intimate contacts with each other would help lead the baptised and unbaptised «into the true repentance of Baptism» and adds, «The Spirit of God blows where it wills.

I know you don't believe that Roman Catholicism is true, but we believe that baptism is necessary for salvation.

«In the perspective of the Bible, conversion is turning from idols to serve a living and true God and not moving from one culture to another and from one community to another as it is understood in the communal sense in India today», and further that so long as baptism remains a transference of cultural or communal allegiance, «we can not judge those who while confessing faith in Jesus, are unwilling to be baptised» (Renewal in.

But there are important reasons why Jesus» baptism was observed as one of three feasts of light, which include Epiphany, marking the wise men's recognition of the true nature of the Christ child, and the wedding feast at Cana, at which Jesus performed his first miracle.

Perhaps what you are trying to say is that God wants the false self, the Old Adam, to die; so that the New Adam, the true Christic self can be reborn and grow again in us; but than why not emphasize the life - giving part rather than the dying part and is it not our hearts being resurrected with Christ in Baptism?

It is true that baptism accomplishes the beginning of our redemption.

Sometimes they held that, since the true God can never suffer, the spiritual Christ descended upon the man Jesus in the form of a dove at his baptism; Jesus then perfected his virtues and announced the Father; but before his sufferings and death the Christ withdrew again from the man Jesus, and it was only the man Jesus who suffered and died and rose again.