…is the privilege of all believers to participate and remember His death until He comes again. Baptism is a separate ordinance. Baptism, like the Lord’s Supper, is dependent on a trust relationship with the Jesus of the Bible. But neither baptism nor the Lord’s Supper are dependent upon each other. I do not believe the Scripture supports a need to wait to be baptized before partaking of communion. I know that this is the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church…
…Covenants, Section 137, and learned that the prophet Joseph Smith saw his brother Alvin in the Celestial Kingdom and he (Alvin) was not baptized. I began to ponder over this and what the Church taught about infant baptism, and I wondered how it was possible for Alvin to enter the Celestial Kingdom without baptism when the LDS Church teaches that one must be baptized or have baptism for the dead performed for him before he can go to the Celestial…
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…the next step is to become water-baptized. By accepting Christ you are baptized in the spirit (John 20:22), but it is through water baptism that you show your obedience to God (Romans 6:3-8). Water baptism is a symbol of salvation from the dead, and a public profession of our faith in Christ. This is only the beginning of your walk with The Lord! May our Heavenly Father bless you and keep you everyday of your life, while serving as your…
…to baptism or a reference to the Word of God. The reason I hold it as a reference to physical birth is because of the context. Jesus in verse 3 has told Nicodemus that a person must be born again in order to see the kingdom of God. This puzzles Nicodemus and he asks how can an old man be born. Jesus then says: “unless a person is born out of water and out of spirit, that person is not…
…Lord and who loved me, and I wanted to follow their example in serving the Lord. At the age of nine, I expressed interest in baptism. After being sure I understood that Jesus had given His life for mine, and that baptism was an outward expression of a desire to follow Him, my parents agreed. My pastor, Arne Halvarson, baptized me on a cold, rainy day in Ward Lake. I believe I had a sincere desire to follow Christ at…
…fear of getting caught by my sister and of having to make excuses for my behavior. Things started to change when I had enough of the lying, excuses, guilt, and depression. I had to think about what my purpose for living was. I went to church one Sunday and the weather was sunny and there were white clouds. It was Baptism Sunday and after the baptism my Sunday school teacher gave a free Bible to Emily in my Sunday school…
…making ability to save you. He doesn’t need your ability to make a decision whether or not to repent to save you. God saves you all by himself! Before addressing the issue of Baptism, I challenge you to search Scripture to verify that what I have said is the true Gospel. Salvation really and truly is FREE! That is why man has such a hard time believing it: it’s too easy! “I have to do SOMETHING to be saved!” The…
…Christians do not believe that there are three gods. Christians do not worship three gods. Christians believe in one God. The same Scriptures that affirm that God is one also affirm that the Father is God (John 17:3; Ephesians 1:2; 1 Peter 1:2), the Son is God (John 1:1, 1:18; 20:28; Romans 9:5; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 1:8; 2 Peter 1:1; 1 John 5:20), and the Spirit is God (Acts 5:3-4). The Father, Son, and Spirit are equated in the baptism…
…Him from death (Hebrews 5:7). Jesus today is seated at the right hand of the Father making intercession for the saints (Romans 8:34; Hebrews 10:12, 21). At the baptism of Jesus, the Father spoke from heaven, the Spirit descended from heaven, and Jesus received both the affirmation of the Father and the gift of the Spirit (Matthew 3:16-17; Luke 3:21-22). A similar event occurs at the Transfiguration, which event Peter explains in 2 Peter 1:16-17 as the “power and coming…