water baptism

The best place to start your discipleship, subsequent to being born again, is to do 3 things. 1. Keep your mind on Christ, and learn to praise God and study Paul's epistles. Start your morning prayers like this........and do this every day. "Good morning Father, Good morning Jesus, Good...

- If you want to stop living a defeated Christian life, (sinning and confessing).... then the only way to do it, is by existing in the "renewed mind.". This is simply to always see yourself as God sees you at all times as "in Christ". Reader.....There are only 2 minds available to the believer...

- Some of you that enjoy taking things apart, or refinishing things or making things "look new", will probably enjoy knowing where salvation started. Others who just love to talk about the Things of the Lord, will enjoy knowing. Now, if we really want to drill it down, then we surely...

- God once told Moses... "you have found Grace in my sight, so i will do what you asked". And this presents THE interesting distinction, between the OT and the NT. And i'll show you more as we take a closer look at the distinction. And its a WONDERFUL distinction. its a THANK YOU JESUS...

- First, let me tell you that if you want to stay single, then go right ahead. Are you happier single? OR would you be happiest being with someone who loves Jesus? So.... If you want to find a good Christian and build a new married life, then God says...>"anytime you want to start".. He'll bring...

Lets look at some verses together, that are life changing within their personal application. - - "when i am weak, then i am strong." Now let me give you a unique understanding of this verse which will help you go deeper into the true understanding of God's Blood Atonement, that is KEY to...

- Being a real disciple, ......... So, lets qualify "real". Everyone who is born again, has become a disciple. This is like, everyone who has joined the army, gets a uniform, and learns how to march. A disciple of God and Christ, "works out their salvation", not to stay saved, but because you...

Lets look at this.... '"walking.....................IN...........THE Spirit.""" So, whose Spirit? Yours? It can't be yours, as your Spirit is already always ON. Its ALIVE, and made so by God. See, you dont learn to walk in THAT, as that is already constantly in process = born again. So...

- Notice that Grace, regarding Christianity, is something that God provides for free that only God can provide. Grace is always a GIFT from God. Here are 2. 1. The GIFT of Salvation. 2. The GIFT of Righteousness. Now lets expand more of the terms that are all the MERCY of GOD as found in...

IN the time of the Gentiles, there are 2 dominions. 1. Under the law 2. Under Grace. The born again, are...>"not under the law but under Grace". While all the Christ rejectors, the unsaved, are "under the law". However, a born again person can go back under the law, while being born again...

Update: I have changed my position on this. This thread was originally created with the belief that taught that Spirit baptism replaced water baptism. But now I have abandoned this viewpoint and I believe water baptism is now a requirement as a part of the faith. I attempted to remove any...

Water baptism is an exciting decision that many followers of Christ make in their journey of faith. However, many believers think that once they have been baptized by water, they have reached the end goal. Water baptism is the first step towards reaching the ultimate goal of being baptized by...

Water baptism - please see this short video. As someone who believes they have been baptised by fire through the Holy Sprit I feel that I do not need to be baptised in water. Do you agree with the speaker in the video? Your thoughts and views and feedback is much appreciated. God bless...

Greetings to All: This thread is dedicated to deliberations on the differences between the Four Baptisms of the New Testament connected to the Two Gospels (link) and Two Churches (link) of the New Testament from previous deliberations. There are three baptisms for the "Gospel of the Kingdom"...

1. The exact wordings and even the Greek prepositions differ widely between these so called Oneness baptismal proof texts found at Acts 2, 8, 10, and 19. At Acts 2:38 we read “in (εἰς eis) the name Jesus Christ,” at Acts 8:16 and 19:5 we read; “in (εἰς eis) the name Lord Jesus,” and lastly...