In fact, when I set out to
write about baptism, I had no idea my research would lead in this direction on this verse.
It was very clear that Paul talked
about the baptism of the dead and apparently, it was the Jewish who practiced it during that time but they do not believe that Christ has risen from the dead.
In this clip, the actor talks
about the baptism by fire of working on the film, getting over the daunting sexual content, and the lasting acting advice she got from her director.
When the church
teaches about baptism, one of the things it often says is that baptism is the first step of discipleship.
«This case can not be finally decided without delving into Christian
beliefs about baptism, generally, and Presbyterian beliefs, specifically,» Tucker wrote.
That notion isn't in keeping with scriptural examples and Paul does not talk
about baptism in that way in Romans 4.
The funny
thing about baptisms for the dead is that Mormon doctrine itself makes the practice meaningless!
But do not think that this solves the ancient religious
debate about baptism by immersion vs. sprinkling.
Just a suggestion you can look up on YouTube David bercot what did the early Christians believe about salvation what did the early Christians
believe about baptism.
Oh, I do actually have one more thing to
say about baptism in Acts, which I will post tomorrow when we look at the baptism of the Ethiopian Eunuch.
I don't
know about baptism but I'd like to exchange bread and wine for cheezits and diet dr pepper for communion.
Notamormon: Go read the context of the verse, Paul is not
arguing about baptism for the dead, he is not arguing about «pagans», he is debating the Saducees defending the reality of the resurrection (the eventually rising of the dead) while they argue that their is no resurrection.
All of the posts so far show an extreme lack of understanding of Mormonism and it's
doctrines about baptisms for the dead.
Really, what I'm saying is that I have no systematic theological step - by - step
delineation about baptism but I know I love the very mystery of it, the resurrection of it, the belonging of it, and yes, wait for it, the power of it.
She described in the letter her commitment to the gospel from a young age, her
excitement about her baptism at age 8 and her pride about being different while growing up in Oregon.
So what then is Jesus saying Matthew 28:19 - 20 when He talks
about baptism as an element to making disciples?
When they
read about the baptism of the Holy Spirit and fire, they didn't think about speaking in tongues or getting slain the Spirit.
Although Bonhoeffer seems to admit the possibility of apostasy and hence a return to Christ, he professes a
finality about baptism.
Tomorrow we will look at some other tricky
texts about baptism that become more clear when we understand the definition of baptism as «immersion into» or «identified with.»
So, as has happened frequently in the process of writing Close Your Church for G00d, I'm cutting almost everything I have written so
far about baptism in the book of Acts, and am summarizing it with the following:
The Christian missionary proclaimed God's moral demand before baptism but he continued to proclaim the demand afterwards, since there was nothing
automatic about baptism.
This process was designed to immerse catechumens in Scripture and to provide teachers who were exemplary Christians to guide them in their
decision about baptism.
One other curious
aspect about baptism in the book of Acts is that the number and frequency of baptisms decreases as the book progresses.
what I don; t
understand about the baptism of the dead is if it's main purpose is to make dead unsaved souls enter heaven then why even the need for Satan or Hell?
We nothing about this church, or what was
presented about baptism except for a 6 minute instructional that was obvisouly presented in the context of a service.
In recent decades much discussion has taken
place about baptism between Christians of the various denominations.
During the 1890s, Parham had heard much talk
about the baptism with the Holy Spirit, but he observed a lack of consensus on the evidence for this baptism.