tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203174451356862507.post8057914126234243443..comments2023-05-20T06:30:03.560-05:00Comments on Jon's Journey: Baptism and CultureJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01266729238990589293noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203174451356862507.post-86206722673638098602012-06-14T07:19:07.590-05:002012-06-14T07:19:07.590-05:00Hi Steve,
We have been taught that baptism means...Hi Steve, <br /><br />We have been taught that baptism means water baptism. But the words baptisma, báptō, baptízō, bapsō, bapsē and bapsas do get translated as immerse/dip/dye/submerge/plunge. Not every NT verse with the word baptize means immerse in water.<br /><br />http://jonjourney.blogspot.ca/2012/06/what-did-baptism-mean.htmlJonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01266729238990589293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203174451356862507.post-43146107576302920702012-06-14T01:07:17.161-05:002012-06-14T01:07:17.161-05:00I just about every single case in the New Testamen...I just about every single case in the New Testament, where baptism is mentioned, it refers to water baptism. That is what baptism was (is).<br /><br />When Jesus commanded that we "go...and baptize...", he wasn't telling us to go and 'give the Holy Spirit to people'.<br /><br />We can't do that. But we can baptize them, and God can give His Holy Spirit, as it says in Acts 2:38. "In baptism we receive the forgiveness of sins, and the Holy Spirit".<br /><br />Just some more food for thought.<br /><br />G'nite.Steve Martinhttp://theoldadam.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203174451356862507.post-61582530379178174082012-06-13T21:45:59.900-05:002012-06-13T21:45:59.900-05:00Yes, you may be right.
However Galatians 3:27 may...Yes, you may be right.<br /><br />However Galatians 3:27 may be another passage that is not speaking of immersion into water, but immersion into Christ.<br /><br />I think God clearly wants us to be immersed/dipped/dyed into Christ and the Holy Spirit. How we do the outward rituals may not be as important.<br /><br />Are there other verses I'm missing where God clearly tells us to be immersed into water?<br /><br />Thanks for the dialog with me on these questions.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01266729238990589293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2203174451356862507.post-88637092478346527192012-06-13T21:31:39.765-05:002012-06-13T21:31:39.765-05:00In believe that He is after trust.
God told Naame...In believe that He is after trust.<br /><br />God told Naamen to wash in the river and he would be made clean.<br /><br />God tells us to wash (be baptized) and we will be made clean. Is it an automatic ticket in? Of course not. We can abandon our baptisms and not trust what God has done there. But that does not negate the promise of our baptisms.<br /><br />St. Paul told us in Galatians that "all of us who have been baptized, have put on Christ." I believe that promise.Steve Martinhttp://theoldadam.com/noreply@blogger.com