Monday, November 12, 2012

Water baptism in the OT




Lutero said:


De Maria,

Water baptism in the OT was like John the Baptist's baptism in the NT.
All of this is now obsolete. Regrettably, your thinking is also.

NT baptism for today is found ... where? In the NT.


I'm not sure what you are saying. Are you concluding that the Baptism of Jesus Christ is obsolete because the Baptism of John is obsolete?

I'm afraid you are wrong. The Baptism of Jesus Christ washes away sin and grants one the gift of the Holy Spirit:

Acts 19
King James Version (KJV)
1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,

2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.

3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.

4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.


Sincerely,

De Maria

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