I feel like you have an agenda rather than honest questions. I was laying out a missing piece for those who want it. If you feel that I have something that you personally need to understand for your own spiritual paradigm, you can ask and I may answer to the best of my ability though I don’t owe it to you. I’m not interested in getting into doctrinal disagreements and I won't pretend to have the full understanding of God.
Off the top of my head, here are some general guidelines for avoiding divisiveness:
- If you have questions, ask. It is generally better to ask questions than to make statements. ‘Question’ means there is something you personally need to know to weigh things for your own understanding, or for mere clarity of communication. Rhetorical questions may also have a place if asked according to the following.
- If you believe you have insight and the person might receive it, respectfully share. If they won’t, you probably aren’t called to them and you should stay out of God's way.
- If you believe differently on an issue with a possibly interested person, then you can lay it out, but respectfully and respecting that others have their own relationship and journey with God. Always remember that He is the teacher, though He uses humans at times as He directs.
- If you can’t speak in accordance with the above, or you can't let go of the person’s response of accepting your proposed understanding or not, chances are you aren't sharing from the right place.
If your questions about baptism are genuine, perhaps you should have a personal Bible study on the topic with God, asking Him your questions instead of just people on the internet. Then if He wants to use us here, I'm sure He will find a way.
Practically speaking, Tecarta makes a good Bible search app. Biblegateway and BibleHub are some of my favorite Bible websites, though even something general like Google has its place. And a good real-workd Bible study tool like Strong's Concordance can be useful as well.
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