Re: Baptism -- The Christian Paradigm

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Subject: Re: Baptism

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BTL

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Date Posted: Thu, Feb 26 2004, 16:08:44
In reply to: QUITTNER 's message, "Re: Baptism" on Tue, Jun 11 2002, 12:21:23

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.

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QUITTNER
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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.