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3rd July 2012, 05:24 PM
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Reps: 10 (power: 0) | | Silly question about baptism Well there's this health conference at my sda friend's church ending this week and as usual they always baptise those who are willing to. It makes a couple of months since I have accepted Jesus as my personal Savior but I'd find it easier to get a SDA baptism than at my COG...Since it doesn't make so long that I'm there.
Is it possible to be baptised by an Adventist minister without agreeing fully with the baptismal vows ? Why is the SDA baptism includes automaticaly that you becomes an adventist first then a christian (that's the feeling that I got)
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7th July 2012, 10:39 AM
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Reps: 4,874,035,442,437,119 (power: 4,874,035,442,445) | | Originally Posted by PeterVonVerkannt Well there's this health conference at my sda friend's church ending this week and as usual they always baptise those who are willing to. It makes a couple of months since I have accepted Jesus as my personal Savior but I'd find it easier to get a SDA baptism than at my COG...Since it doesn't make so long that I'm there.
Is it possible to be baptised by an Adventist minister without agreeing fully with the baptismal vows ? Why is the SDA baptism includes automaticaly that you becomes an adventist first then a christian (that's the feeling that I got)
No...you can't get baptised into the SDA faith without agreeing to all the vows. You would be actually be baptised into the Adventist faith and joining their church as a member in good standing. Take a look at the Adventist baptismal vows. "1. Do you believe in God the Father, in His Son Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Spirit?
2. Do you accept the death of Jesus Christ on Calvary as the atoning sacrifice for the sins of men, and believe that through faith in His shed blood men are saved from sin and its penalty?
3. Renouncing the world and its sinful ways, have you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour, and do you believe that God, for Christ's sake, has forgiven your sins and given you a new heart?
4: Do you accept by faith the righteousness of Christ, recognizing Him as your Intercessor in the heavenly sanctuary, and do you claim His promise to strengthen you by His indwelling Spirit, so that you may receive power to do His will?
5. Do you believe that the Bible is God's inspired word, and that it constitutes the only rule of faith and practice for the Christian?
6. Do you accept the Ten Commandments as still binding upon Christians; and is it your purpose, by the power of the indwelling Christ, to keep this law, including the fourth commandment, which requires the observance of the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath of the Lord?
7. Is the soon coming of Jesus the blessed hope in your heart, and are you determined to be personally ready to meet the Lord, and to do all in your power to witness to His loving salvation, and by life and word to help others to be ready for His glorious appearing?
8. Do you accept the Biblical teaching of spiritual gifts, and do you believe that the gift of prophecy in the remnant church is one of the identifying marks of that church?
9. Do you believe in God's Remnant Church, and is it your purpose to support the church by your tithes and offerings, your personal effort, and influence?
10. Do you believe that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and that you are to honor God by caring for your body, avoiding the use of that which is harmful, abstaining from all unclean foods, from the use, manufacture, or sale of alcoholic beverages, the use, manufacture, or sale of tobacco in any of its forms for human consumption, and from the misuse of, or trafficking in, narcotics or other drugs?
11. Knowing and understanding the fundamental Bible principles as taught by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, is it your purpose, by the grace of God, to order your life in harmony with these principles?
12. Do you accept the New Testament teaching of baptism by immersion, and do you desire to be so baptized as a public expression of your faith in Christ and in the forgiveness of your sins?
13. Do you believe that the Seventh-day Adventist Church is the remnant church of Bible prophecy, Rev. 12:17, and that people of every nation, race, and language are invited and accepted into its fellowship? Do you desire membership.
And here is an alternate version intoduced in 2005 1. Do you accept Jesus Christ as your personal Savior and Lord, and do you desire to live your life in a saving relationship with Him?
2. Do you accept the teachings of the Bible as expressed in the Statement of Fundamental Beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and do you pledge by God’s grace to live your life in harmony with these teachings?
3. Do you desire to be baptized as a public expression of your belief in Jesus Christ, to be accepted into the fellowship of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and to support the church and its mission as a faithful steward by your personal influence, tithes and offerings, and a life of service?"
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