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To: kawaii
Which of course is why Christ himself was baptised in the river Jordan...

So you think Jesus was baptized for salvation?

714 posted on 12/18/2006 7:00:33 AM PST by DungeonMaster (Acts 17:11 also known as sola scriptura.)
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To: DungeonMaster

No I think he was baptised to show us the meaning of baptism by water and the Holy Spirit.

Christ was baptised in a river of water, and the Holy Spirit in the form of a Dove came down upon him.

Just as folks are baptised by water, and Chrismated by the Holy Spirit today.


717 posted on 12/18/2006 7:09:12 AM PST by kawaii
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Mat 3:5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,


Mat 3:6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.


Mat 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?


Mat 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:


Mat 3:9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to [our] father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.


Mat 3:10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.


Mat 3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and [with] fire:


Mat 3:12 Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.


Mat 3:13 ¶ Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.


Mat 3:14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?


Mat 3:15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer [it to be so] now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.


Mat 3:16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:


Mat 3:17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.


719 posted on 12/18/2006 7:20:43 AM PST by kawaii
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Mar 1:9 ¶ And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.


Mar 1:10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:


Mar 1:11 And there came a voice from heaven, [saying], Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.


720 posted on 12/18/2006 7:21:39 AM PST by kawaii
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