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NASB | Luke 12:50 "But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished! |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 12:50 "I have a baptism [of great suffering] with which to be baptized, and how [greatly] I am distressed until it is accomplished! |
Subject: What type of baptism is this? |
Bible Note: The mode of baptism - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Scripture and common sense indicate that the water is not all-important and that, therefore, other modes [of baptism] may be used as substitutes in exceptional circumstances." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "It seems clear to us that immersion is the biblical norm, but that it is not an inflexible norm. That is, Scripture and common sense indicate that the water is not all-important and that, therefore, other modes may be used as substitutes in exceptional circumstances. God accepts the believer on the basis of his faith in Christ and his desire to obey Him, not on the basis of how much water covered his body when he was baptized. The doctrine that immersion is the only valid mode of baptism and that only those so baptized should be admitted into the fellowship of the Church body would, therefore, appear to be a bit extreme and not based on Scripture. The Church should welcome into its fellowship all those whom Christ has accepted (Romans 15:7, I John 1:3)" (http://www.equip.org/search/). |