Sentences with phrase «baptizing for»
Baptizing FOR the dead does not mean TO baptize the dead.
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This is by no means Mormons doing baptizing for deceased people and saying: «There, now that you are dead and have no choice we are going to offer a baptism for you and you are now a member of our church whether you like it or not» It's not at all like that!
I'm a mormon, and I can understand why many would think baptizing for the dead might seem kind of weird or unecessary - even ridiculous.
Please read I Corinthians 15 in its entirety and you'll find that the chapter has nothing to do with «baptizing for the dead» as the Mormons practice it but rather the fact that baptism is symbolic of the death, burial and resurrection.
Why the Mormons baptizing for the dead should be offensive to anyone says bunches about the one who would take offense.
Basically saying that there would be no purpose in baptizing for the dead if there wasn't a resurrection in the first place.
In other words, I as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ, can do the work for the person who has died by being baptized for him.
This chapter shows how Paul was trying to convince the Corinthians that the resurrection of Jesus Christ actually occured... in his support, he said in verse 29, «Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all?
In short, Mormons baptize for the dead, who are incapable of «accepting» those worthless baptisms anyway!
They have to be interviewed to make sure that this is their decision and not their parents although at times people of all ages do get baptized for the wrong reason be they 8 or 58.
The Bible says «baptized for the dead», but this statement must be taken in context.
MacIntyre is not naive about the tenacity of liberals to refuse to give Aristotle a hearing simply because Aquinas had so successfully baptized him for the Church: «It is safe to predict that to the vast majority of such protagonists it will seem preferable to remain in almost any predicament than to accept a Thomistic diagnosis.»
Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all?
1 Corinthians 15:29 / Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all?
My thought: there is one dude who goes into temples, baptizes himself for holocaust victims, and then tells the media.
«Else what shall the Mormons do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead can not repent?
I remember my friends in junior high school getting the day off school to go to the Temple to get baptized for the dead.
If Christ is our example, there is certainly no scriptural evidence that shows we must baptize for the dead... for Christ would have said so.
«Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all, why are they then baptized for the dead».
Try reading 1 Corinthians 15:29 (Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all?
As far as being baptized for the dead, that's a total waist of the living person's time.
Both John and Peter called the Jewish people to repent and be baptized for the remission of sins (cf. Luke 3:3 and Acts 2:38).
When pastors from our synod gathered with our national leaders after the September 11 tragedy, I told them that we had been ordained and baptized for this moment.
In Acts 2.38 we read that in order to receive the Holy Spirit we need to be baptized for the remission (aphesis) of our sins.
We are ordained and baptized for the tragic moments of history — a priestly ministry of liturgy, articulation, peacemaking, programs of comfort and renewal justice - seeking — and a ministry of word and sacraments that embraces other faith journeys and a world hungry for a communal story.
I am LDS, I have the right to baptize for my own Ancestors that are dead.
Words fail to explain how weird it feels to be baptized for dead people.
why are they then baptized for the dead?
What is Paul talking about in 1 Corinthians 15:29 when he writes about being baptized for the dead?
Nonetheless, we can conclude that it really doesn't matter, the context doesn't make it clear exactly what it is to «baptize for the dead» but it does make it clear what point he was illustrating with it anyways:
The problem with this view is that Paul asks, Why are they baptized for the dead?
Given this understanding of baptism, when Paul spoke of those «who are baptized for the dead,» it seems very possible that he is referring to all believers when they are baptized.
A reader named Chuck McKnight recently sent in an email asking about 1 Corinthians 15:29 and Paul's statement about being «baptized for the dead.»
and Peter said unto them REPENT and be BAPTIZED for the remission of your SINS and you shall receive the gift of the HOLYGHOST..
1st Corinth 15:29 (New Testiment)- «Else what shall they do do that are baptized for the dead - if the dead rise not at all, why are they then baptized for the dead.»
1 Corinthians 15:29 [Effects of Denying the Resurrection] Otherwise, what will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead do not rise at all?
«He or she is then immersed after the adult male baptizer (also wearing white) says these words: «Having been commissioned of Jesus Christ, I baptize you for and in behalf of [name of the deceased] in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Interestingly, while teaching about the resurrection, Paul reiterated that it did not make sense to baptize for the dead if the dead rise not at all (1 Corinthians 15:29).
God: Well Daniel, a Mormon was baptized for you.
Why then are they baptized for the dead?
The choice is still up to them, but since you were baptized for them, they can now make a choice they couldn't have otherwise made.
On the Day of Pentecost, Peter invited the Jewish people who responded to his message to repent and be baptized for the remission of sins.
We must hear the gospel, believe it, be willing to repent of our sins and to submit ourselves to be baptized for the remission of our sins.
He says to be baptize for the remission of sins, and the example is always in water.
In Acts 2:38 The reason in which they were baptized was by the authority of Christ, they were baptized for the reason of having there sins washed away.
The New Testament (First Codicil) is filled with instructions to baptize for the remission of sin.
Paul is asking the Corinthians why people are being baptized for the dead if the dead are not resurrected????? Paul says people are resurrected and asks a pointed question to them — quoting Paul, «Why are they then baptized for the dead?»
He doesn't bring the persons name to the temple and get baptized for the person.
He is to baptize, and prepare the baptized for confirmation.
Hitler was a Catholic and baptized for the forgiveness of sins, so he is in heaven.