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 "a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled," but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit"         (James 2:15-16 NKJV)

Bishop Joseph

 

Baptism in the Holy Spirit

Baptism by water

Baptism is a sacrament, symbolic of spiritual regeneration, in which, as a result of the traditional use of water, the individual is cleansed of original sin and admitted into Christianity or a specific Christian church. Our theology expounds the belief in that which is right for the individual and many members of the church do believe in baptism as there are some that do not.

There are several different ways one may be baptized or baptize another person. Water is the most often used. The variance is in the manner of its application. Water may be poured or sprinkled on the head; the person may be immersed once or as many as three times, backwards or forwards in a pool or natural body of water, or water my not be used at all. A person may be baptized by anointing with oil.

Another variable is age. The controversy of “infant baptism” vs. “believer’s baptism” has been a constant one. Both are appropriate depending upon the requirements and relativity of the members of your congregation. In “believer’s baptism” the adult convert makes a conscious decision to join a particular church. He may choose to be immersed or he may choose to be sprinkled, but he takes responsibility for his own spiritual growth. Your guidance in this baptism may be required or may be dependent upon the person’s beliefs beyond his church affiliation. “Infant baptism” was established as a practice at the time of the Apostles when the infants of Christians were baptized to preserve their life in the parents’ faith. In this case the parents speak for the child and they and the congregation may pledge to accept responsibility for the child’s growth into their faith and beliefs until the child is of age to accept his own responsibility. In either situation the baptismal ceremony is an outward sign of the dedication of a life to a specific religious philosophy.

Types:

  • Total Emersion
  • Sprinkling
  • The Laying on of Hands
  • Or any combination of these.

 

  Matthew  3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
  Matthew 20:22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the BAPTISM that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
  Matthew 20:23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the BAPTISM that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
  Matthew 21:25 The Baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
  Mark 1:4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the BAPTISM of repentance for the remission of sins.
  Mark 10:38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the BAPTISM that I am baptized with?
  Mark 10:39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the BAPTISM that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:
  Mark 11:30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.
  Luke  3:3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the BAPTISM of repentance for the remission of sins;
  Luke 7:29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the BAPTISM of John.
  Luke 12:50 But I have a BAPTISM to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
  Luke  20:4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
  Acts 1:22 Beginning from the BAPTISM of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
  Acts 10:37 That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the BAPTISM which John preached;
  Acts 13:24 When John had first preached before his coming the BAPTISM of repentance to all the people of Israel.
  Acts 18:25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the BAPTISM of John.
  Acts 19:3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's BAPTISM.
  Acts 19:4 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.
  Romans 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by BAPTISM into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
  Ephesians  4:5 One Lord, one faith, one BAPTISM,
  Colossians  2:12 Buried with him in BAPTISM, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
  Hebrew  6:2 Of the doctrine of BAPTISMs, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
  1Peter  3:21 The like figure whereunto even BAPTISM doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

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