| Re: The Origins of Baptism [message #623 is a reply to message #608] |
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Dragon
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SeekerJesus being baptized at 33 was part of the Jewish custom in which he was symbolically cleaned before beginning his ministry.
This brings new meaning to John the Baptist's statement:
Matt 3:14I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
Based on Seeker's information (which is new to me), Jesus was likely baptized at age 8, and did NOT have NEED to be baptized at age 30. Did Nephi have a record showing Christ's baptism at age 8? Clearly the scriptures teach us Baptism is a necessary ordinance both to have the act recorded, and to give a memorable allegory for our lives as we leave behind the person we were before.
As for multiple baptisms, the way I understand baptism and the sacrament, they are two forms of essentially the same ordinance. It is one of three key parts of the gospel, and it is the middle part. While the ordinance itself does not literally wash away our sins, it is place between repentance and receiving the Holy Ghost.
The way (baptism) is so simple, that many will not walk it, and they perish. I could spend an hour writing different reasons why God has commanded us to be baptized, but in the end, the most important reason we must do it, is because it IS a commandment.
- Dragon
- Dragon
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