Sentences with phrase «baptism because»

If the Gospel of Matthew represents the Baptist as at first declining to administer the baptism because he feels himself unworthy (ch.

Water is a suitable vehicle for baptism because of the way God made water.

If parents present their children for baptism because it is a family ritual, the same parents probably will want their children to formally join the church because it is a family tradition.

«But they don't take baptism because they will lose their jobs and families, because their benefits will be taken away by the government.

Strings like, «There is something wrong with you if you don't speak in tongues» (a very unBiblical one that), you must have a full submersion baptism because the last baptism you had wasn't wet enough, you must sing naff choruses or it means you do nt» want to worship God, you must believe that the vast majority of people that have lived on earth are damned to everlasting Hell, you must not say anything controversial, you must not be too intellectually assertive if you're a woman, you must do as we say and believe as we say, you must force yourself to be attracted to people with a particular set of genitalia or be lonely and unfulfilled for the rest of your life.

This, on the heels of being told that her daughter was «not ready» for baptism because she didn't answer certain questions correctly (neither she nor her daughter were told ahead of time that there would be a «baptism test»)

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.

There has always been confusion about baptism because people choose to continue to obey the laws of Moses.

Not exact matches

Because God is merciful, He has prepared a way for all people to receive the blessings of baptism.

XAV — «Christ himself was baptized to show us that we all need baptism, even he needed baptism not because he was sinful or needed sins removed but to give us an example of what we need to do on this earth, and not only did he get baptized but he did it at the hands of john the baptist who held the authority to baptize at that time.»

And to clarify... The LDS church does the baptisms for the dead because this is an ordinance that is to be done in the flesh.

Because He is a loving God, the Lord does not damn those people who, through no fault of their own, never had the opportunity for baptism.

Those who willfully remain ignorant of the Church's teachings on faith and morals will not be excused simply because of their baptism.

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.

Just because a Scripture talks about «baptism,» does not mean that it has water baptism in view.

The reason I state it like this is because most everybody goes wrong, starting with a poor understanding from Romans 3 & 4 that makes them misinterpret the gospels and the demonstrations in the books of Acts concerning baptism.

A funeral, a baptism, a wedding are church events that bring all of us to the service, because these concern members of our church family.

They are even worse than the Roman Catholic Church, because they don't even keep the sacramental baptism, but re-baptize.

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.

So my independent critical thinking is this: Jesus Christ founded His Church for His people so when we fall into sin we have His inst!tuted Sacraments to bring us back to the relationship we had with Him at our Baptism; to leave the Church in search of something «man made» because of someone's sin would just mean that I would go somewhere else where there are people and people the world over sin!

I struggled with the subject of Jesus» baptism, partly because baptism is not an easy concept to explain, and this story seemed strange indeed.

Searching for Sunday has provided ample opportunity for creative collaboration because the sacraments at the heart of the book — baptism, confession, holy orders, communion, confirmation, anointing the sick, and marriage — are rich and complex and endlessly inspiring.

(Isa 50:4) Hence, when Jesus was handed the scroll of Isaiah just after his baptism, he read from it (at Isaiah 61:1, 2) that «Jehovah's spirit is upon me, because he anointed me to declare good news to the poor... to preach Jehovah's acceptable year.»

While we may not drown people because of their views on baptism, it is not uncommon for one group of Christians to condemn another group of Christians to everlasting hell because the other group has a different view on baptism.

The sequence of events is significant, not simply because it seems the natural order of things, but because in a new exodus Jesus recapitulates the journey of Israel: baptism (Red Sea), struggles in the desert (40 years) and good news (entry into the promised land).

Jensen succeeds in her efforts because she understands that, in baptism, «visible images and actions, along with verbal recitation of ancient stories, prayers, hymns, all contributed to making an invisible presence more palpably sensed» (Jensen, Baptismal Image 3).

Do Jewish people truly believe their deceased ancestors are accepting this Mormon invitation, because when you read closely, that's all a proxy baptism is, an invitation.

In baptism we are invited to wade into the same waters that swept away our ancestors in Noah's time, because Jesus has gone before us and calls out, «Come on in, the water's fine!

Thus, he commanded his disciples to stay in Jerusalem and receive baptism in holy spirit «because» John [only] baptized in water, but holy spirit was going to be first poured out in Jerusalem.

What matters is that moment of conversion, not the sacrament of baptism, because everything depends on my being able to say «I believe.»

Not because baptism is irrelevant, but because Christian baptism is dynamite.

I don't go to their places of worship because they were not meant for me except when I have to, like baptisms or weddings of my siblings, but then I respect them and their ways.

It rules out the possibility of so - called «re-baptism» services, because Church of England teaching makes clear that baptism can only be received once.

We wish to God that baptism were meaningless, because it proclaims and gives a meaning which cuts to the core the selfish, materialistic values of our consumer culture.

I'm a bit reluctant to bring up the subject of baptism here on the blog because I think it's such a shame that something as beautiful and important can so quickly divide Christians along denominational lines.

Because, said Luther, we know our God to be a jealous God, a God who does not easily part with that which he owns, and baptism is a continual reminder that God always owns me.

Thus a papally - endorsed suggestion from your scribe: Learn the date of your baptism, celebrate it each year — and be re-energized for mission because of that celebration.

At the same time we do not have the spiritual authority to go out on our own and command God to bless us because we practice or perform communion, baptism and marriage ceremonies.

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.

The reason there are so many false religions and false beliefs in the world today is because all those who are false do not have the one Lord, the one Faith, and the one Baptism.

He must have seen the questioning look on my face because he explained: «For me, baptism and confirmation would be a more personal thing, something between me and God.»

As it does not follow that Paul approved of baptism for the dead because he mentions the Corinthians» practice of it I Cor.

Renewal is embodied in the sacramental life of the church in the sacrament of baptism, a kind of rebirth which brings the individual into the church, the communion of saints, who, because they are in Christ, share a provisional form of paradise.

Because this identity was given to him in his baptism («Thou art my beloved Son; with thee I am well pleased»), he was free to get on with his life and ministry.

Craig both seventh day and anglican are believers they are saved by faith in the death of Jesus Christ and they believe in the forgiveness of sins sactification and the resurection at Christs return.This is what i meant regarding theology one has to be careful otherwise you exclude groups of christians because some of there other theology may not be the same as ours.They still hold to the central truths of the bible but have differences ie like sabbaths or baptism but that does not mean they arent saved or are christians.What church denomination do you belong to if you mentioned jehovah witness or mormons that is a different story as they do nt believe that Jesus Christ is central to there faith they have relegated him to nothing more than a prophet so there is no salvation in those religions.brentnz

For example, the idea of a heavenly contract gained cogency among Puritan clerics at least in part because it was used to support specific arguments against radical heretics» ideas about adult baptism and free will.

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.

After baptism we can be just obedient, because we have died for the sin and we are in Christ.

That is no doubt because Catholics are long accustomed to ecumenical initiatives, and have no difficulty in acknowledging that non-Catholic Christians are brothers and sisters in Christ who, by virtue of baptism and faith, are «truly but imperfectly in communion with the Catholic Church» (Vatican Council II).

Because baptism is part of confession, not an alternative to it.