If we can be baptised by the holy spirit, do we need to be baptised by water?
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The absence of water baptism does not disqualify one from entering into the Kingdom of heaven,in example; the thief on the cross goes to paridise without water baptism or for that matter without the baptism of the holy spirit(since Jesus is not dead as a man yet) Jesus does command us to get baptized in water as a symbol for expressing an inward change by showing an outward appearance.
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Christians (typically) receive the Holy Spirit for the frst time at baptism.\n\nThe Blessed Virgin received the Holy Spirit at conception.\n\nSt. John the Baptist received the Holy Spirit in his mother's womb.\n\nThe apostles received the Holy Spirit officially at Pentecost, and demonstrably, many other times, as well.
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Water baptism is not a pre-requisite to salvation.  It is an act of obedience AFTER one is already saved.\n\nBelieve on the Lord Jesus Christ, and have faith in God by believing what scripture says.\n\nKeep this verse in mind:  "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him, should not perish, but have everlasting life."  John 3:16
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You have to first do what Acts 2:38 says, repent, be baptised, and recive the Holy Ghost. But thats not it, if you don't walk with God after you recive the Holy Ghost, it doesn't matter. Also, don't do things that are "sure to get you to Heaven",but do those things you KNOW will get you to Heaven, you want to hear those words:\n  \n"Well done, my good and faithful servant."\n    Basically, just live your life to the fullest. And just because you are a christain doesn't mean that you are better than everyone else. Jesus, talked to those who were no better than us!!!!\n   HOPE THIS HELPS!
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I was Baptized in the river Jordan, but not all people can do that.  It cost a lot of money to get it arranged, and they have to get the Priest the family and their guest there, and then they have a gathering, a party after ward, it cost a lot.  These days it cost too much, it is not very safe, and the river is drying out, not enough rain.  It is in the desert after all,\n\nI think some churches still do that, not all of course.  The reason is, because Baptism now down inside the church, and it is easier to pour the water over the head, and then anoint the person with oil after ward.  That is the only difference, but all the procedures and the words are the same.\n\nIt does not matter how a person is being Baptize.  Whether they are immerse in the water, or sprinkled with it as you might wrong think, or poured the water over their head.  What matter is receiving the Baptizim itself.  \n\nIN the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.
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Baptism is the acceptance of Christ.\n\n1) Baptism by the Holy Spirit occurs when you have received Christ into your heart.\n\n2) Baptism by water is an outward expression that you trust Jesus Christ to redeem your soul after you die.
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Im going to assume you mean WATER Baptism? \n\nWell, "baptism" means to be emersed and/or  saturated. Water Baptism is when we are emersed in water in Jesus Name in public demonstration of our faith and symbolically cleansing of sin. Spiritual Baptism is when we are emersed/saturated in the Holy Spirit. He  comes upon us and fills our spirits. This has no set time it happens, usually, when a person recieves Christ, a pastor or fellow Christian will pray for the Spirit to come and fill the person, but it can happen then or later but it DOES happen :)
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I am concerned that you mention he "said if he is to marry me..."  b/c it sounds like an ultimatum.   Being baptized, if you are of the Christian faith, is a SYMBOL only of Christ's ultimate sacrifice for us (all humans).  We are sinners, from birth, and the only way for us (all humans) to gain access to heaven b/c of our sin was for Christ to give His life up for us, as the ultimate payment for those sins.  We will never be "good enough."  So, in accepting that Christ did this for us (again, ALL humans), and realizing that we will always fall short of perfection b/c we're sinners, we thank Him for His sacrifice and live for Him daily.  Always striving to learn more about how to serve Him, and then doing it.  This is why we're here on earth.... to serve God.  Baptism is then a way of showing publicly that we choose to serve the only living God, the Saviour of our souls, by dying to ourselves, being buried (sybollically) by being "dunked" or immersed in water, and rising again (sybollically) by coming up out of water.  Christ did this as an example of what showing a public declaration of knowing and loving and following Him could look like.  Being baptized is not a "ticket to heaven" - so be careful of feeling pressured to get baptized in order to be good enough for something else (i.e. marriage).  I'll pray for you...
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Matt 28 v17,18 the great commission Therefore, go make disciples in all nations, baptizing in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,and teaching them to obey everything i have commanded you. And I will be with you until the end of the age.\n\nIn Second Chapter of Acts. The baptism of the Holy Spirit is a different baptism. After you are saved, you can be filled with the Holy Spirit (indwelt or infused) Acts 2v3 "On the day of Pentecost when they were all in one place,a mighty wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.3 they saw what appeared to be tongues of fire over each of there heads,and began to speak in other languages as the Spirit gave them utterance.\n\nPlease don't let yourself question your baptism. Water baptism is so important, to lay down the old man, and for publicly declaring I want to be obedient to My Jesus.\n \nThere are many teachings on the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. If you want a powerful Christian walk, I encourage you to seek out the baptism of the Holy Spirit. It is amazing.  The Word says in Eph. to seek wisdom, so continue to do that always. \n\nYou are right to talk to your Pastor. But I know from personal experience that if I am awakened at night, the best place for me is to be at the feet of Jesus Praying with all my might. \nbe blessed in Christ
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This is the Christian's great commission, to tell whoever we meet the good news of the gospel. We are called to baptize those that accept the gospel in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Once the new believer is baptized (a public confession of his decision), then we are to teach these new believer the Word of God until he is old enough to walk and study on his own. But we do not have to do this on our own, the Lord will be there to help us--forever.
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Baptism is to remove original sin which was thrust upon us by Adam and Eve.  If your child (God Forbid) was to die, it would go on to heaven after baptism instead of pergatory.  When you are Baptised, it wipes away all sin.
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No, you get baptized once. Although if you change churches then the new one may require you to be baptized by someone from their church. It's all confusing, but when you sin after being baptized you must repent. And in different churches that even means different things. Repenting though is feeling deep sorrow for your actions, then going to GOD and asking for forgiveness for your actions. Then correcting the wrong to the best of your ability(ie stole a candy bar, go back and pay for it.) After you have done all that, you make a very good effort to not repeat that sin again, that shows GOD that you are sorry for it and that you have learned from the experience. It is important to have a humble heart and a contrite spirit. But all who repent can be forgiven, that's what the atonement is for. Because of that selfless act we can be cleansed from our sins.
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There are differing opinions on what Holy Spirit Baptism is, but basically, it is when Jesus enters into your heart.  You must believe in Jesus, and that he died for your sins, rising on the third day defeating (spiritual)death.  Once you have asked God to forgive your sins and you accept Jesus into your heart, you are baptized by the Holy Spirit.  Some religions believe that it happens when you are baptized in water because of the example of Jesus being baptized by John the Baptist where the Holy Spirit descended upon Jesus in the form of a dove.  Some preachers say that only the Apostles could receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, but most of them just don't want you to know that God can work through ANY believer.  They selfishly want you to believe that only a preacher can be baptized in the Spirit.  There are many outlooks on this subject, but I believe you will know it when the Holy Spirit comes into your heart.  If you want to look it up yourself, either get a concordance, or invest about $10 in a CD called The Bible Library Deluxe.  It has easy to use search engines, and you can read the scriptures related to the subject and decide for yourself.  You really can't learn the truth in your head, though.  It is something you have to feel in your heart for yourself... then it will be clear to you.\n\ncaljen386
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Yes and No, Yes in away to be Obdient to God, and No,. because faith in Jesus Christ alone, having a personal relationship with, and loving thigh neighboor as thyself is key, but it is recommnded to show your obedience to God, and to show the others that you are born again..\n\nWhy it is not neccesary to be Physically baptized, it is a symbolic reflection, of being born again, washing away your old life and becoming a new person..\n\nTo be baptized is to publicly acknowledge one's faith in Christ as Savior and Lord by being immersed in water (or in some instances, by having water placed on the head). Since acceptance with God is based solely on trust in the person of Christ who died for our sins and rose from the dead, water baptism is only a sign or outward indication of one's faith. It is not necessary for salvation (I Corinthians 1:10-18; 15:1-4). ...\n\n\nmore\n\nMany churches teach that baptism is an absolute prerequisite for salvation. This position is theologically called "baptismal regeneration" because it holds that one is only "regenerated" when a person is baptized. Salvation is described as having two stages. One where a person believes and puts his faith in Jesus Christ for his salvation and the second stage of being baptized. \n\n      There are several passages baptismal regenerationists use in an "attempt" to substantiate their teaching. Acts 2:38, is used as the classic proof text used present this view. In our English Bibles the passage says to the Jews at Pentecost, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins. . . ." Another "proof text" used is John 3:5 where Jesus said, "no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit" and they conclude the water refers to baptism. In Acts 22:16, Ananias told Saul, after his conversion, to "get up, be baptized and wash your sins away. . . ." Many interpret Peter's statement in 1 Peter 3:20-21, that the manner in which Noah's ark saved his family "through water" is a symbol of the "baptism that now saves you." They state that Paul teaches baptism as necessary for salvation when he states in Romans, "all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death..." (Rom. 6:3-4; Gal 3:27; Titus 3:5). Groups that teach this include the Catholics, Seventh Day Adventists, many Pentecostal groups including the United Pentecostal Church, and most of the cults including the Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses (Russelites), Christ of Christ (Cambellites ). \n\n      Baptism clearly is commanded by God for those who have believed and been saved. There is no question that baptism is an important act of obedience of the one who has believed in Jesus Christ and received forgiveness of sin and eternal life. However, baptism as presented in the New Testament always follows belief and never is the basis for receiving salvation. Baptism in the Scriptures was part of one's outward public profession of belief in Jesus Christ as one's Savior and it initiated one into the local body of believers. Although these verses seem to teach that baptism is necessary for salvation an exegetical study will show that these interpretations are in error and that the Bible does not teach that salvation is contingent on baptism.
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I think that they are done for both (although that doesn't make it right).  many people complete the rituals for the wrong reasons.  Among other reasons, people believe the ritual will save them, or will make them look good in the eyes of man.  There are some, myself for example, who would like to please God.  I was baptized because i love Jesus.  I know that baptism doesn't save me, but Jesus wants all believers to follow in believers baptism before they are united with a church, so I was baptized. Romans 6:3-4 declares, “Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.”
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I'll start with this, first a person, must truly understands sin and have remorse for sin, and the knowledge that Jesus is thier Saviour. The correct form of baptism, is the same form that John the Baptist used, how Jesus Christ was baptised. Totally submerged, this is not just a complete washing away of sin, but is a symbol of death and resurrection, death to the sinful man and resurrection of the new man.
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Colossians 2:11-12. This verse tells us that baptism is the rite of initiation into the Christian family of God, just like circumcision was the rite of initiation into Gods family for the Hebrew male (Genesis 17:11). The circumcision of the flesh left a visible sign of the covenant for all to see, baptism is a circumcision of the heart which only God can see. Since the Hebrew male was circumcised on the 8th day of its life (Genesis 17:12), can we do less for our children?\n\nBorn with a fallen human nature and tainted by original sin, children also have need of the new birth in Baptism to be freed from the power of darkness and brought into the realm of the freedom of the children of God, to which all men are called. The sheer gratuitousness of the grace of salvation is particularly manifest in infant Baptism. The Church and the parents would deny a child the priceless grace of becoming a child of God were they not to confer Baptism shortly after birth. \n\nChristian parents will recognize that this practice also accords with their role as nurturers of the life that God has entrusted to them.\n\nThe practice of infant Baptism is an immemorial tradition of the Church. There is explicit testimony to this practice from the second century on, and it is quite possible that, from the beginning of the apostolic preaching, when whole "households" received baptism, infants may also have been baptized.\n\nThe Lord himself affirms that Baptism is necessary for salvation. Baptism is the sacrament of faith. But faith needs the community of believers. It is only within the faith of the Church that each of the faithful can believe. The faith required for Baptism is not a perfect and mature faith, but a beginning that is called to develop.\n\nThrough Baptism the Christian is sacramentally assimilated to Jesus, who in his own baptism anticipates his death and resurrection. The Christian must enter into this mystery of humble self-abasement and repentance, go down into the water with Jesus in order to rise with him, be reborn of water and the Spirit so as to become the Father's beloved son in the Son and walk in newness of life.\n\n1 Timothy 3:15 tells us that it is the Church, not the Bible, which gives us all the truth and provides the basis for determining truth or falsity (none of the Church teachings are in conflict with the Holy Scripture.) Matthew 18:17-19 AGAIN tells us that the Church is the final authority. \n\nSt. Paul reminds us to live in accordance with all the teachings which have been given to us. We are not to be distracted by those who would try to limit the teachings if the Church. (2 Thess 2:15; 3:6)\n\nWhen asked "Where in the Bible does it say that you are to ...?" perhaps we ought to counter "Where in the Bible does it say that we are not to...?"