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Is baptism necessary?
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<blockquote data-quote="paul1149" data-source="post: 68960530" data-attributes="member: 280608"><p>Jesus is necessary. Seek and follow Him with all your heart, and He will lead you into what you need - baptism, the right church, the right relationship, the right mission field. The alternative is baptism as a work of law rather than from the heart, and that's not what it should be about.</p><p></p><p>The best insurance against losing your faith to some future test is to be faithful now to the Light you already have. Keep it real on a daily basis ("Sufficient to the day is its own troubles" - Mt 7) and you'll be ready for whatever comes in the future.</p><p></p><p>In my reading of the scriptures, baptism was consistently something done without delay. There indeed seems to be a compulsion to get it done. There was no massive catechesis, no required church "membership", no minimum length of discipleship. There was just sincere belief in the saving power of Jesus, then there was baptism in response. </p><p></p><p>Let the Lord lead you. You will get all kinds of perspectives from man.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="paul1149, post: 68960530, member: 280608"] Jesus is necessary. Seek and follow Him with all your heart, and He will lead you into what you need - baptism, the right church, the right relationship, the right mission field. The alternative is baptism as a work of law rather than from the heart, and that's not what it should be about. The best insurance against losing your faith to some future test is to be faithful now to the Light you already have. Keep it real on a daily basis ("Sufficient to the day is its own troubles" - Mt 7) and you'll be ready for whatever comes in the future. In my reading of the scriptures, baptism was consistently something done without delay. There indeed seems to be a compulsion to get it done. There was no massive catechesis, no required church "membership", no minimum length of discipleship. There was just sincere belief in the saving power of Jesus, then there was baptism in response. Let the Lord lead you. You will get all kinds of perspectives from man. [/QUOTE]
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