Bit of confusion about my baptism.

[Classik]

Hey aqua,
Im glad to hear that youre wanting to get baptized,and also displaying some thought in the process.Many blindly rush into it at the recommendation of friends and family and never even stop to consider why theyre doing it.

I agree with your preacher on the fact that prior to fully knowing and understanding the decision to follow Christ that baptism doesnt make much sense.Its almost like buying a car to put in the driveway,and not even knowing what its for much less how to operate it.

As a child,none of us are aware of the meaning or purpose.Likewise,its useful to note that in no instance was this performed on a child or infant in the bible.All the baptisms that I recall involved people who had heard the gospel and followed the immediate call afterwards to be baptized.

Some even suggest that baptism itself is not necessary,that its purely symbolic.I strongly disagree with that considering what is stated in Romans 6.Clearly the bible states that we are buried with Christ through baptism unto death;that like as Christ was raised up from the dead,even so we should walk in newness of life.

On a side note,its curious that a church would only offer baptism on a monthly basis.As youll note in the bible,baptism was always regarded with urgency..repent and be baptized,etc.I would suggest being baptized as soon as possible.I try not to be the doom-and-gloom guy,but you never know what today or the next holds in store for us.The sooner the better.

Awesome!
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We usually conduct a Baptisimal Class (BP) for people who wish to be baptised. The puorpose of the BP is to prepare the individuals once more, teaching and reminding them what they are really entering into. Some are advised not to worry about it - when they are convinced within themselves that they are not yet ready for it. When they are ready for it and are convinced they trully are, then

And for this kid:dunno

If he knows what he's doing then...he is fit to...

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:dunno I doubt
This looks suicidal
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[Jethro Bodine]

John's baptism is gone, past, fulfilled and voided. Its the baptism of the great commission we are talking about, the baptism of which the context says: belief+baptism = saved (mk.16:15,16), the baptism of which the context says: repent + baptism = saved.

You can't make a rational and educated choice of accepting or rejecting an argument about baptism until you understand all the arguments, and this shows me that you do not understand what I've been saying at all.

 

[Jethro Bodine]

We usually conduct a Baptisimal Class (BP) for people who wish to be baptised. The puorpose of the BP is to prepare the individuals once more, teaching and reminding them what they are really entering into. Some are advised not to worry about it - when they are convinced within themselves that they are not yet ready for it. When they are ready for it and are convinced they trully are, then

Does anyone ever give you any grief for not doing baptism according to the Bible?

 

[Jethro Bodine]

Some even suggest that baptism itself is not necessary,that its purely symbolic.I strongly disagree with that considering what is stated in Romans 6.Clearly the bible states that we are buried with Christ through baptism unto death;that like as Christ was raised up from the dead,even so we should walk in newness of life.

I don't believe that baptism is not necessary. But I don't believe it's necessary because a person becomes a new creation at, and only at, the moment of water baptism. That's not Biblical.

Though water baptism is necessary, it's entirely reasonable (and Biblically supported) that Paul is speaking figuratively, baptism being a figure of how the old nature dies when we are immersed and sealed in the Holy Spirit at salvation. That makes much more Biblical sense.