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1 Corinthians 10
1 For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea;
2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea;
3 and all ate the same spiritual food;…

I believe that being baptized is much more than merely immersion in water or sprinkled by it. Yet, I have been baptized in the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in a cold mountain river on a November Sunday and am glad for it.

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I have been baptized in the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in a cold mountain river on a November Sunday and am glad for it.

A cold stream in November? Double ouch. Mine was in a warm pool in Vietnam. That was, of course, after I left that other religion, that I can't even remember the name of anymore. 😇😬😮😏😑

[LearsFool]

I believe that being baptized is much more than merely immersion in water or sprinkled by it.

Yes, it's much more than just getting wet, if that's what you mean. It's an act of obedient faith. It's where the slave to sin is killed and buried, and the free man is raised up (Rom. 6). It's where the saving heart operation is performed by Christ (Col. 2). It's how those whom Christ wishes to be added to His church are cleansed and made presentable (Eph. 5). And so on.

So yes, it's more than just "a dip in the crick". :-)

Without the command of God, would dipping in the Jordan have cleansed Naaman's leprosy (I Kings 5)? Without the command of God, will being immersed in water cleanse our iniquities?

("The washing of water with the word" is critical. For instance, what happens to lepers who dip in the Jordan today?)