To: Alex Murphy
What if the baptizer (as opposed to the baptizee) is administering the baptism for reasons other than the remission of sin? For that matter, what if the baptizer has never himself (herself?) been properly baptized for the remission of sin? Does it still not matter?Baptism is immersion for the forgiveness of sin. (Acts 2:38; Mark 16:16; I Pet 3:21) The only thing that matters is the purpose of their baptism in the mind of the "baptizee."
42 posted on
05/01/2006 7:48:45 PM PDT by
tenn2005
(Birth is merely an event; it is the path walked that becomes one's life.)
To: tenn2005
**Baptism is immersion for the forgiveness of sin. (Acts 2:38; Mark 16:16; I Pet 3:21) The only thing that matters is the purpose of their baptism in the mind of the "baptizee."***
Then why does one need a baptizer at all? Just jump in the swimming hole and say "I baptize myself in the name of Jesus for remission of sin!" Several (in)famous church founders have done it!
48 posted on
05/01/2006 8:13:56 PM PDT by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(ISLAM is STILL the religion of the criminally insane!)
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