Bible Discussion Thread

I really want to know about baptism. Some church believe in three immersion "in the name of the Father,the Son and the Holy Spirit" repeating all the three Person of the Trinity each time you are immersed in the water three times.

Others baptized only in the name of Jesus Christ ignoring the Father and the Holy Spirit.

Others also in the Trinity in one immersion.

So I want which is right and if all are right I will want to know. Thank you.

Bonsu,

The MAIN things are the PLAIN things.

This is NOT one of the MAIN things, meaning that this is not a matter of salvation and good Christians dunk, triple dunk or sprinkle.

Many people believe that baptism is essential based on...

"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." Act 2:38

But look what happened when Peter preached to Gentiles...

"While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter, Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days." Act 10:44-48

They received The Holy Spirit, that is they were regenerated, without baptism. Then they were baptized as a testimony of their conversion and in obedience to Christ.

But it never states a formula. The Ethiopian Eunuch went down into the water but was he splashed, single dunk, triple or what? Don't know. And we should not make a formula a means of dividing The Body of Christ unnecessarily.

I'm a baptist, with a small b. I have a conviction about baptism, being immersed as a sign of my death and burial of my old life with Christ being buried and coming out of the water as a sign of my new resurrection life in Christ. And I'll kindly discuss with those who differ. But we are not enemies. We just have a different persecutive on an issue that is not essential.

In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.

Thank you for your reply. I asked that because I was troubled, I have been baptized with the triple immersion.

Has anybody heard the phrase "the baptism is in the water" ?

I might have had that wrong, I think the phrase is: "the mode of baptism is in the water" , still wondering if anyone is familiar with the corrected phrase?

Thank you!

Since water baptism does not bring salvation but comes after salvation as an outward testimony of an inward change, we have to wonder if it truly matters if you are dunked once or three times.

I can tell you that when Jesus walked the earth, before the church began, the Jews used to dunk three times. They didn't know why they did it that way, they just did.

But it is interesting that Jesus said in Matthew 28:19 that when you baptize, baptize in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Again, the Jews dunked three times, they just never put it together why three times.

There are three things we identify with during baptism, Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection.

Whether we are dunked once or three times has been debated for a long time. Again, however many times a person goes under will not affect their relationship as a born again believer in Christ.

Thank you Jesse, I just wanted to know if it appeared somewhere before but you have revealed very important tip to me.