Re: Baptism: Immersion or Sprinkling?

From: Massie (mrlab@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Thu Jan 27 2000 - 19:44:09 EST

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    George Murphy wrote:
    >
    > PHSEELY@aol.com wrote:
    > >
    > > In a message dated 01/26/2000 5:09:50 PM Pacific Standard Time,
    > > dfischer@mnsinc.com writes:
    > >
    > > << One Sunday, the minister was giving a sermon on baptism and in the course
    > > of his sermon he was illustrating the fact that baptism could take place by
    > > sprinkling and not by immersion. >>
    > >
    > > It reminds me of an occasion here in Portland where a couple in an
    > > interdenominational church wanted their baby baptized, but most of the
    > > congregation was Baptist. So before baptizing the infant the pastor gave an
    > > "explanation" as to why infant baptism was OK. To which one of the Baptists
    > > leaned over to me and said, "I guess what he is going to do is wishy-washy
    > > the baby."
    >
    > "But seriously folks ..."
    > Such an explanation will be wishy washy only if the pastor doesn't understand
    > the essence of baptism - that it's God's action & thus not dependent upon the
    > intellectual level of the person baptized.
    > In statu confessionis,
    > George
    >
    > George L. Murphy
    > gmurphy@raex.com
    > http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/

    Yea just like as in Acts 2:38 where Peter commanded all the babies
    present to "repent and be baptized." Bert M



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