Baptism

God sent John the Baptist to prepare "the way of the Lord" by preaching repentance and baptism. John baptized his converts by immersion in water. The very meaning of the word baptize means to immerse.# When a person is baptized they will go completely down in the water. Jesus was God manifested in flesh. Therefore, He was perfect and sinless and yet, even the Lord and Saviour Himself was baptized by John the Baptist.
"And without controversy great is the
mystery of godliness: God was manifest
in the flesh, justified in the Spirit,
seen of angels, preached unto the
Gentiles, believed on in the world,
received up into glory." (I Timothy 3:16)

There are many debates over whom baptism is for, how it should be done and why it is significant. Many religious denominations today will sprinkle water on infants as a way of baptism. Others reserve the practice of baptism by immersion for one who is of an accountable age and able to make their......

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