Today at 09:38 AM NOTso angry-amy said this in Post #11
i wasnt baptised. i was going to do it, but the parents freaked out enough about coming to faith. after litterally throwing a fit and breaking down in tears... she asked if i was baptised. i hadnt... she seemed relieved.
she asked that i wait 3 years in faith before being baptised. her thinking was that y'shua was like any of my other friends, and i would get bored very quickly and move on to other friends. it has been nearly 3 years (just over 2 years since i told her).
although i wasnt officially baptised, a when i told my christian friends that i came to faith we went to the beach, prayed and they threw me in. it was a symbolic thing...
3 years is almost up now. want to, but not sure about it... dont want to be baptised in a church or congregation that i dont feel is walking on the correct path. not sure what is going to happen.
Acts 8: 26-38KJV
26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture,
and preached unto him Jesus.
36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said,
See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still:
and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
Amy, what makes you think what you did at the ocean wasn't sufficient? It is a living water, you had witnesses, you were immersed. I consider that baptized. It is nice to do it before family and friends in a ceremony type situation, but I don't believe that HaShem thinks that necessary.As you can see in the above scriptures, the eunuch had a very improptu baptizm.
