Bible Question (short): A right of passage? |
Question (full): Is it just a right of passage? Lets see what we have here. 1. Matt 3:11,Mk 1:8, Lk 3:16,Jn 1:33. All these verses speak of Johns baptism and refer to what would come on Penticost. 2. 1 Cor 1:17 This is what God has called each and everyone of us to do. Matt 28:18-20. I will agree with you on this, one must grow beyond the basics,but if one is to do so one better be solidly grounded in the basics. There is nothing infantile about baptism, Baptism is one of basic tennets of the faith.The big question I have is why when baptism is mentioned some people get the idea we are taking the focus or priority off Jesus Christ? Quite the contrary,It puts the focus right where it rightly belongs,on Jesus Christ and what he did and accomplished for us. What do we do with Mk 16:16, Acts 2:38,Romans 6:3-11 1 Pt 3:21? It all fits together. In Christ, lionheart |