God says in Ezekiel 36:25-27 "I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws."
Compare this to Act 2:38 "38Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."
Ezekiel is a prophecy and a foreshadowing of baptism and it obviously said to sprinkle water.
Both passeges say that sins will be forgiven (impurities = sin)
Both passages were void of symbolic language (that is if you believe that the spirit is symbolic and not a reality).
So again, where in the Holy Word of God does it say people being baptized must be submerged and that its only a symbol?
2007-12-11
13:35:45
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