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Subject: Re: Baptism Author: QUITTNER [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: Thu, Aug 15 2002, 10:36:49 In reply to: QUITTNER 's message, "Re: Baptism" on Tue, Jun 11 2002, 12:21:23 The Squeezer, there are many different denominations/versions of Christianity. I am not aware of Jesus having been reported to have said anything about his own blood as part of the FIRST version of Christianity. ..... Yes, the baptism, at the end of the procedure for admittance into the body of the Christ, also called "The Kingdom of God", saves, not the water but the membership. But, as I understand it, an applicant for membership had to undergo all sorts of procedures, including vows. Also note that communal living was involved as decribed in Acts 2:44-47 and Acts 4:32-37. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: Re: Baptism Author: BTL [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Thu, Feb 26 2004, 16:08:44 Did you know that the definition of the word "baptize" comes from the Greek ba.pti'zein, meaning to dip,to plunge. (A Greek-English Lexicon. by Liddell and Scott) Christian water baptism is an outward symbol that the one being baptized has made a complete, unreserved, and unconditional dedication through Jesus Christ to do the will of God.

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Baptism Author: QUITTNER [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: Tue, May 04 2004, 12:11:31 See Acts 2:44-47 and Acts 4:32-37 for a partial description of "The Kingdom of God", a closed community. Baptism came at the end of the admission procedure if, and only if, all of the preconditions of entry as member of that Kingdom were fulfilled. Compare with modern requirements/vows/promises. ..... Christianity now has very many denominations/versions, quite different from the FIRST version, the one by Jesus.