Why should I get wet, and what does the Bible say about it? We discuss how baptism works, its history, who should be baptized, when, why, and how it is related to salvation. We include links to reference pages.
John 5:18 states that Jewish leaders sought to kill Jesus “because he not only broke the Sabbath but also called God his Father, making himself equal with God.” Saint Paul also states that Jesus was equal with God (Phil. 2:6). But if Jesus is equal with the Father, and the ...
Peter’s response is a response similar to what John and Jesus told the Jews. “Repent and be baptized.” Peter is not telling them how to receive eternal life, he is telling them how to escape the temporal judgment of God upon them for their sin. He is not telling them how to get ...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionFor what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh,New Living TranslationThe law of Mose...
13 For we were all baptized by[c] one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many. 15 Now if the foot should say, “Beca...
Because of her witness, that same man told Immaculee he wanted to be the person she was and to do what she did. “I decided to get baptized,” he said. “I want to follow your God.” He later sent Immaculeé photos of his child receiving Communion and Confirmation. He said: “If ...
44.the Holy Spirit falls on them, and they are baptized. Study BibleBook ◦Chapter At Caesarea Caesarea was a significant port city on the Mediterranean coast, built by Herod the Great and named in honor of Caesar Augustus. It served as the Roman administrative capital of Judea. The city...
When we receive Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior, the Holy Spirit comes and enters into our human spirits. Ourspiritsare thus baptized with His actual presence at the exact moment of our salvation with the Lord. This is the baptism that the Bible is talking about when it says...
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3So Paul asked, “Then what baptism did you receive?” “John’s baptism,” they replied. 4Paul said, “John’s baptismwas a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”5On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of...