Sentences with phrase «think water baptism»

I will begin writing today about «Baptism today» and why I think water baptism is a good practice in some situations, but there might be better alternatives in other situations.

Not exact matches

Like I think The Baptism of the HS showed they got to be water baptized.

Unfortunately, I think Rachel's plea to pastors to tell the truth is a naive gesture, one that assumes that Christians find their sense of community in the waters of baptism rather than their shared ideas.

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.

I think there can be great value in water baptism, the physicality serves as a mental tatoo.

It was thought that the significance of baptism was not in the symbol of going under the water and then rising back up as though from the dead, but in the power of the water itself after it had been blessed by a priest.

You have been indoctrinated with the false teaching of water baptism for salvation so that every time you see the words water or baptism you think it has to do with water baptism for salvation.

I'll probably think too much about how I love to give birth in water, how baptism and water pull me into relief like nothing else.

Jeremy, I get what you are saying but i don't think for a moment that those requesting baptism from the church can't differentiate between the water ceremonies of the Hindu, Jews or Muslims.

I think scripture is pretty clear on the idea that baptism is not about water, but being identified in Christ.

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.

It is for these reasons that I think that the growing and cutting of hair might be one good modern alternative to water baptism for the new believer.

If we think of baptism only as getting dunked under water, Paul's statement is difficult to understand.

I think it is like holding a person under water in baptism long enough to get the fear of God into them, except they can hear preaching including audio of a whole Gospel.

Very few people realize this, and many churches and denominations think there is only one — baptism by water.

If you think Jesus is a good man, a good teacher, or even the son of God, but you deny that He is the only eternal Life Giver, the only Messiah Savior who gives you EVERLASTING Life, you are L O S T. Millions of professing Christians are LOST because they think its Jesus plus good works, water baptism, and / or other beliefs.