Why do churches schedule baptisms for a later date when EVERY example of a conversion in the book of Acts has the convert being baptized immediately?
Baptism is specifically mentioned in all of these conversions, and none of these converts ate, drank, slept, or continued a journey until they were baptized.
For example Saul (Paul), had no food or drink for three days (Acts 9:9). When Annanias instructed him, “be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord” (Acts 22:16), he was baptized before he ate! (Acts 9:18-19) Surely he must have been hungry!
The eunuch was baptized in the middle of a journey! (Acts 8:35-39) The Jailor was baptized about midnight! (Acts 16:25, 33) In Acts 2, about 3000 were all baptized the same day.
2007-08-09
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