Sentences with phrase «about the baptism with»

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.

Not exact matches

John's baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins was the Jewish baptism of repentance which I wrote a few posts about, and which has nothing to do with receiving eternal life, and everything to do with the repentance of Israel as a nation so that she can be restored to her rightful place among the nations as God promised in Scripture.

Yet for the next several years, through my baptism, my church wedding (yes, to the Christian who gives gifts of underwear), through my continued efforts to write poetry, and even during my first bout of seminary education, I went about my life tense with the secret that I did not know how to pray as I ought.

Even in Matthew and Luke, which begin with stories about his birth and identity, his baptism is the inception of the main narrative.

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.

Second, while some think that Peter is referring to believer's baptism because of the mention of water in 3:20, Peter clarifies in 3:21 that he is not talking about the outward washing of the flesh with water but the inner purification of a good conscience toward God, which is accomplished only through the Spirit.

In polite company, and for the sake of keeping peace with each other (because mutual apostasies take so much effort), we can do with marriage what we do with our disagreements about eucharist and baptism: keep our mouths shut and let God sort it out in the end.

Even tho im gay, i agree with fred, except: water baptism, protesting funerals, and thats about it, folks.

Into the brief period of which we have a record are compressed his baptism by John the Baptist — a prophet of the Old Testament stamp — his time of solitary meditation and temptation in the wilderness, the calling of his twelve most intimate disciples, his going about with them healing and teaching in Galilee and its environs, the journey to Jerusalem and his triumphal entry, the stormy events of passion week, his crucifixion, and resurrection.

Then, in the reading from Acts, Peter tells Cornelius about «the word which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil; and God was with him.»

Catholics need to get some education about their baptism and how it is connected with the gospel and the faith.

You know the thing that happened throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee, after the Baptism that John proclaimed: Jesus of Nazareth — how God anointed him with holy Spirit and power: who went about doing good, and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him; and we ourselves are witnesses of all that he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they killed by hanging on a tree.

He examines the speeches in Acts and also the editorial skeleton in Mark, and he finds that they follow a more or less common pattern: the ministry began with the «baptism» of John, that is, his message of repentance and work as a baptizer; following John's arrest, Jesus began his own ministry in Galilee, and there «went about doing good,» and «healing all that were possessed by the devil»; then he came up to Jerusalem, where the rulers put him to death by crucifixion; on the third day he rose again, and appeared to his disciples, who were now «witnesses» to the truth of these reported events, namely to his resurrection from the dead.

My restiveness was increased by memorizing Luther's Small Catechism for confirmation, and by, arguments in boarding school with, for example, Southern Baptist classmates about such matters as infant baptism.

«As for the word which He, the Lord of all, sent to the children of Israel, preaching the Gospel of peace through Jesus the Messiah, you know the thing (literally, «the word») that happened through all Judaea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached; that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with Holy Spirit and power; and He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

And the Jewish people who heard the message of Peter and who wanted to participate with this arrival of the Kingdom of God in Jesus Christ indicated this desire publicly by receiving the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, just as others had done with John about three years earlier.

Most Stimulating: Talking about the sacraments of baptism, confession, communion and anointing of the sick with Lutheran (ELCA) clergy in Minnesota.

The earliest gospel — St. Mark's, written about 65 CE — begins with the baptism of an adult Jesus.

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:

Yesterday I suggested that Matthew 28:19 - 20 is not talking about water baptism at all, but is instead talking about being immersed into and fully identified with the teaching about the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Remember, whenever we see the word «baptism» in Scripture, we must not immediately think about dunking somebody under water, but must first remember what the word means, namely, «to be immersed, overcome, or fully identified with» something or somebody else.

But when we recognize (as we saw in the post yesterday about the definition of baptism) that «baptism» means «immersion into» or «identification with» some of the tricky passages in Scripture become much more clear.

The baptism of Jesus by John in the Jordan has nothing to do with repenting of sin or getting saved, but everything to do with making a public declaration about which side Jesus is on and what He will live His life for.

Cyprian, having made the point about water and baptism, goes on to look at further scriptural examples, including merging Isaiah 48:21 with John 19:34, to make the point that water from the split rock indicates Christ, «who is the rock, is split open during His passion by a blow from a lance.»

With the exception of adult converts, the attitudes of adults about church membership are often the same as the level of commitment expected of them when they confirmed their baptism.

So, on this view, if someone disagrees with them about the millennium, about infant baptism, about the role of women in ministry, they are quickly labeled a heretic.

Mormons are «Christians» with a lot of very strange twists — I know nothing about diapers, but they do believe in retroactive baptism (that is, ater you are dead, and without your permission) and that you are only permanently married in the afterlife if you get married in one of two physical structures, but if you can't get there, you can get married by proxy.

In an earlier article I noted that in India, any discussion about baptism and conversion takes on «added significance because of the understanding that after baptism the «converted» person has not only changed his or her religion but also social milieu, habits, customs, and manners, in addition to forfeiting several legal rights, especially with regard to the inheritance of property.

A couple of pastors are explaining the why and how of baptism to a church that is (apparently) filled with new believers who know next to nothing about baptism, why they should get baptized, or what will happen at the baptism.So they created this video and showed it in their worship service.

And this is with good reason, since the chapter does contain some great truths about baptism.

Significantly enough, the Lima Document, when it talks about participation in the mystery of Jesus's life, death and resurrection, refers to Jesus» own baptism which meant solidarity with «sinners `, immersion in the culture of the despised masses as against the culture of the priests, scribes, the rich and the pharisees.

So just as with the discussion about baptism, this section will progress in a similar fashion.

But, so far as I can see, the only claims that Paul makes about any distinctiveness or originality concern (1) his conviction that he was specially called by God to conduct a mission to gentiles, and (2) his view of the terms on which gentiles were to be received as full co-religionists with Jewish believers (baptism / faith in Jesus without taking on Jewish observance of Torah).

Not only was this weekend about visiting with family, but we also had BK's Baptism on Sunday!