Not exact matches
Mormons have amassed the world's largest genealogical database because they
baptize many
people after death, not
just their relatives.
I believe that we should be
baptized as Jesus was also, I
just think that accepting Jesus Christ is a personal decision for every
person.
Only living
persons are to be
baptized, for
just before Jesus ascension to heaven, he gave the command to his eleven faithful apostles: «Go therefore and make disciples of
people of all the nations,
baptizing them... teaching then to observe all the things I have commanded you.»
For us, to serve Christ is
just as much to feed the hungry, to teach
people to read, and to help them in their struggle for justice, as it is to
baptize them.»
Just because a Mormon says they
baptized a
person after they died does not make that
person a Mormon.
I thought straight away this is a joke as scriptures tell us only the father knows the time of his sons return and hes keeping it to himself he hasnt even told his son yet.Mark 13:32 This a mystery isnt God all knowing and isnt Jesus God it is a mystery.Yet I like that that is the case because it proves that the father is not the son and the son is not the father they are separate yet they are one
just like the holy spirit.I have come across denominations that believe the father son and holy spirit are the one
person i asked them how they can say that when Jesus was
baptized we see 3 separate persons.We have enough information to know that we are in the last days the signs are present and increasing.Ever since Israel became a nation the countdown has begun.The verse the enemy will come like a thief in the night i have heard preached many times and i believe the preachers have got it wrong because they preach it from the view for the church to get there act together or you will miss out.This view is incorrect because if you are a born again believer following him in obedience and relying on the holy spirit you are not walking in darkness but are walking in the light so you will not be caught unaware as those who are sleeping this is a warning for those who are sleeping or walking according to the flesh they are in darkness.Remember the 10 wise virgins the ones who were alert and keep refilling there lamps went in with the bride those who slept were left behind and so it will be when the Lord returns.Now is the time to prepare our hearts and lives to be ready for his return.It is an exciting time to be living and we are to live in the expectation that the Lord could return at any time brentnz
Just because you are now listed by the church as a member because you were
baptized posthumously into the church doesn't really mean the
person is now a Mormon.
Would you condemn these
people just because they never had a chance to be
baptized?
Yet since most
people (including Christians) do not understand the symbolism, the solution is not to
just keep
baptizing people since «That is what we've always done.»
His challenge is stark and stunning: Before ordering that the Gentiles be
baptized Peter asks «Can anyone withhold the water for
baptizing these
people who have received the Holy Spirit
just as we have?»
Just before Acts 2:42 we read, «So those who welcomed his message were
baptized, and that day about three thousand
persons were added» (2:41).