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To: NYer

Could one of you that know the bible give me some examples of when Christ baptist with water. Thanks


9 posted on 09/02/2009 10:35:17 AM PDT by Taxbilly
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Here's a helpful tract from a Protestant perspective: Why Does the Orthodox Presbyterian Church Baptize Infants?. The answer is mainly true for all churches that follow the Calvinistic Reformed/Presbyterian tradition.
11 posted on 09/02/2009 10:38:25 AM PDT by topcat54 ("If Israel is 'God's prophetic clock,' then dispensationalists do not know how to tell time.")
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To: Taxbilly

You mean Christ personally? He didn’t baptize anyone so far as we know. The Apostles did, on His command, — I am sure you are aware of the scripture references to that. At least two I can think of specifically mention water.


13 posted on 09/02/2009 10:39:20 AM PDT by annalex (http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)
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To: Taxbilly
Could one of you that know the bible give me some examples of when Christ baptist with water.

In John 1:32, when Jesus was baptized, He was baptized in the water and the Spirit, which descended upon Him in the form of a dove. The Holy Spirit and water are required for baptism. Also, Jesus’ baptism was not the Christian baptism He later instituted. Jesus’ baptism was instead a royal anointing of the Son of David (Jesus) conferred by a Levite (John the Baptist) to reveal Christ to Israel, as it was foreshadowed in 1 Kings 1:39 when the Son of David (Solomon) was anointed by the Levitical priest Zadok. See John 1:31; cf. Matt. 3:16; Mark 1:9; Luke 3:21.

We also see in John 3:3,5 that Jesus says, "Truly, truly, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God." When Jesus said "water and the Spirit," He was referring to baptism (which requires the use of water, and the work of the Spirit).

16 posted on 09/02/2009 10:49:36 AM PDT by NYer ( "One Who Prays Is Not Afraid; One Who Prays Is Never Alone"- Benedict XVI)
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