Talk about baptism by fire.
And
talk about a baptism by fire.
Paul is not
talking about the baptism of the dead.
(Or, in the case of my A.G. friends, when we start
talking about the Baptism in the Holy Spirit... which we believe occurs at conversion and they believe occurs later.)
So what then is Jesus saying Matthew 28:19 - 20 when
He talks about baptism as an element to making disciples?
Second,
he talks about baptism (a more passive sacrament), but in the Lord's Supper we are encouraged to examine ourselves (1 Cor.
Talking about baptism, Jesus Himself was baptized as an adult.
It talks about there being 3 glories to the body, hence the three «heavens» we believe in, Paul also
talks about baptisms for the dead in chapter 15.
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.
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.
Talk about baptism by fire!
Not exact matches
RELEVANT
talks to Paper Route
about inspiration,
baptism and the mournfulness that pervades even their happiest songs.
Just because a Scripture
talks about «
baptism,» does not mean that it has water
baptism in view.
Of course, when we realize that
baptism is NOT required for eternal life, then this entire debate fades away into meaninglessness, but we already
talked about this...
In my book, Dying to Religion and Empire, I
talk about how some Christians view
baptism as a magical incantation in which the right words need to be said in order for the magic spell to actually work.
While Peter does teach that
baptism saves us, a careful study of the context reveals that Peter is not
talking about gaining eternal life and going to heaven when we die.
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 was always lots of
talk about infant
baptism and how, like circumcision, it was a badge or sign of one's membership in the holy community, the people of God.
1 Peter 3:21 is
talking about spiritual
baptism.
Most Baptists and evangelicals I
talk to believe that this passage IS
talking about water
baptism.
It takes a pretty big stretch of the imagination to believe that this text is
talking about a spiritual
baptism and not water
baptism.
Most Stimulating:
Talking about the sacraments of
baptism, confession, communion and anointing of the sick with Lutheran (ELCA) clergy in Minnesota.
This comes in the next section, where Cyprian, quoting sections of Isaiah 43: 18 - 21, which
talks about giving «water to my chosen people,» emphatically states that «you must realise that every time that water is named by itself in the Holy Scriptures, there is a prophetic allusion to
baptism.»
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.
Anyway, Peter is
talking about spirit
baptism there (cf. 1 Pet 3:18), not water
baptism.
I'd also point out that I'm not just
talking about a universal, but timeless power to water
baptism.
This does not help us when we try to figure out what a Biblical author is
talking about when he writes
about «
baptism.»
If Jesus was truly
talking about water
baptism in Matthew 28:19 - 20, then why is it that there is not a single example in all of Scripture where someone was water baptized according to the «formula» of Matthew 28:19?
If Jesus was
talking about water
baptism in Matthew 28:19 - 20, why is there no examples of baptizing in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit?
I will
talk about some of those in a future post when I get back around to the concept of «
baptism for today.»
It is this chapter which is most often preached at baptismal services, and these are the Scriptures people go to when they want to
talk about the symbolism, necessity, and power of
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.
Maybe you have noticed that I have been
talking only
about repentance, but John is proclaiming the
baptism of repentance.
The first reason they suggest that a person might believe in God is that if someone is brought up a Catholic then: «to keep the promises they made at the
baptism, the parents would probably teach them prayers... they would say prayers to God thanking him for looking after them and so it would seem natural for them to believe in God... at church, they would hear people
talking about God and assume that God exists.»
And don't forget the Valve games (and BL2, I think) are also LAN - able, not just online, if you still drive your PC round to a friend's house (or better yet, go to a LAN party, although that might be a bit of a
baptism of fire, if we are
talking about ways to introduce friends to videogames).