Part of the problem here are these so-called “hip” baptisms performed primarily by pastor this and pastor that. Everyone plays the role of “pastor” these days. This is the same nonsense that occurs on these “Easter Sunrise” services where its all a song and dance. This is the mingling of New Age and Christianity. The solution is quite simple. Go to a local Catholic Church and be baptized by a real priest or better yet, a Franciscan monk.
Don't they have that little birdbath in the front of the church were they just sprinkle, not immersion like the original Greek indicates? :)
**Go to a local Catholic Church and be baptized by a real priest or better yet, a Franciscan monk.**
Better yet, a Jesuit...it’s the premium blessing and will have more standing. ;)
“Go to a local Catholic Church and be baptized by a real priest or better yet, a Franciscan monk.”
A real priest? So, would you have us to believe that Protestant ministers aren’t qualified to perform valid baptisms?
The validity of a baptism depends on the believer’s faith in God and his need to obey God’s commands (such as baptism as a requisite for salvation), not the “realness” of the person doing the baptism.
Just suppose that a “real” priest performed a baptism, and then later that day did some heinous act; was the baptism of the believer invalidated by the priest’s sinful act? No, of course not! The validity of baptism comes from the believer’s faith, not the priest’s authority.
“Go to a local Catholic Church and be baptized...”
Yup, sprinkled with waters from the ‘Jordan’ or other holy water in the baptismal fount, just like John baptized Jesus...