@MaranathaSoonQuick
Jesus was baptised to fulfil the prophecy.
your Mark 16 quote, Eternally Greatfull already explained the meaning of the -Believe-. (check end of page 7)
Acts talks about being baptised onto the name of Jesus Christ, not of John's baptism. Being baptised means dying in burial with Jesus Christ.
Read Luke 12:50, Jesus Christ said he has a baptism to undergo...That is the baptism of burial.
Your Acts 1:5 was referring to the days of Pentecostal, because Jesus gave Peter the keys of Kingdom of God. And entering the Kingdom is through Baptism (John 3- Nicodemus). In fact Acts 3 (which was the few days Jesus was talking about was when Peter used the keys!) the holy ghost descended onto the people in the house hold. The disciples were baptised AGES ago...so why after all these days/weeks/months is when the Holy Ghost descended on them?
We didn't get the holy ghost because Jesus was not glorified yet, it was when he ascended to heaven that he provided the holy ghost and Peter had the keys to open the door.
You said the Holy Ghost will baptise you with himself. How so? do you know what the Holy Ghost is? where does the Holy Ghost comes from? when was the last time you saw someone baptised with the Holy Ghost?
Yes Jesus required us to baptise...but did he mention water? or Baptism of Repentance by John?
please read Luke 12:50 carefully!
It clearly says in the bible that baptism of John is for repentance and ''forgiveness'' of sins. Does not wash away sins.
Please tell me the purpose of Jesus Blood, what is Jesus blood for?
his blood is to wash away our sins.
Ok here is a perfect example I read from a book.
**A son asked his Father how bad a sin can impact you.
The father took a screw and nailed it to the wall and removed it. He said to his son, this is what sin does and how it impacts. Once you sin, it leaves a mark in your body.**
If you are baptised by water, you are washing away the dirt from your body and being forgiven. But Jesus blood heals the wound/the mark on the wall as new when you repent
Water Baptism is for salvation?
so...when Jesus said, who ever believes in me, even though dies will live? or will have eternal life?
so now people put water baptism aka John's repentance as their salvation.
who can clean the filth of your sins? Jesus or water?
Peter 3:21 talks about water baptism was not only for washing away dirt but a response to God's clean conscience. People use that quote to prove water baptism is only for salvation. But they should read Peter 3:20 as well. Hard to understand but from my understanding means when Jesus died in flesh, his spirit was alive. He proclaimed a message to the imprisoned (dead) spirits who were washed away during the Noah flooding (they died in vain) . Yet in the flooding, only 8 people were saved (alive) through water, which the water symbolises baptism.
Now get this, water baptism means immersion inside water, so if 8 people were saved 'through' water, shouldn't that mean they should have drowned? and water baptism means immersion, so how can we be saved if we are dunked in water when the 8 people were saved through water?
Please study 1 Peter 3:20-21 using bible.cc and reading different version as they have different words and meaning.
Other bible talks about pledge/asking meaning it's in prayer for baptism. Others refers to water.
Baptism Peter said WAS not to wash away dirt. Water is to wash away dirt from our bodies, so how does one wash away dirt from the heart?
OK here is a contradiction from your experience and understanding.
You used Acts saying the holy ghost will baptise you in the coming days.
Tell me, when Jesus was baptised by John's water baptism of repentance, why did the Holy Ghost descend as a dove to Jesus??? why did Jesus need the Holy Ghost?
read this:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&...yDdHAc&sig=AHIEtbQ2uadXlZfzPzd4t0Z9oTqEaX7eYQ