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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You can’t simply cling to one passage and ignore other passages that do not align with your understanding of your favorite interpretation. The entirety of God’s Word aligns and while you properly see a distinction here it has to be understood in the context of the day. While the apostles were instructed to baptize in the Triune name, the Holy Spirit did not descend upon the Apostles until Pentecost, thus their baptism was fully realized at Pentecost. Subsequently, the Holy Spirit is given at the time of baptism. Thus making distinction between descriptive texts (informing us what happened) and prescriptive texts (informing us of how we respond). You’ve got to look at all of the baptismal passages to gain a full understanding…