Hi all, I was baptized today and wanted to encourage everyone here to learn about the Gospel and what is involved. There are many different Christian faiths, but the key to understanding the Gospel involves three things...repent, baptism and salvation. Repent or returning from your sin is the hardest one for most people, as living without sin or trying not to sin is truly difficult. Baptism is the symbolic removal of sin via immersion with Christs blessing. Salvation is the concept of accepting Jesus as your personal savior and understanding that it comes through him. This is just a snippet of the ideas involved but I cannot recommend enough researching these topics learning for yourself. God Bless, V.
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Of course, Jesus gave instructions to baptize in the name of the Father, Son & the HOLY SPIRIT
Ephesians 4:5 (ESV) one Lord, one faith, one baptism…
There is only one baptism, the one instituted by Christ. We know this is a “water” baptism because of the Ethiopian Eunuch narrative. Doe you say water rainstorm, or water river or water shower? It’s just as silly and redundant to say water baptism.
Sorry…but that is poor exegesis and lacks continuity of the Scriptures. A “waterless” baptism is completely subjective and requires the believer to put faith in their faith rather than faith in God’s promises assured to us through His means of grace. It’s out of touch with the early church and the first and second century Christian authors. Your understanding is a modern distortion of Christian baptism that held no adherents before the 16th century.