The Mode of Baptism?

Question

Sprinking or Emerge?

Jesus was Emergged so where did Sprinking come in at?

Answer 1

"And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized." (John 3:23)

Only immersion requires "much water". Only immersion requires people to come to the water.

"Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him." "And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water..." (Matthew 3:13, 16)

"And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. And when they were come up out of the water..." (Acts 8:38-39)

Only immersion requires going down into and coming up out of the water.

Baptism is also described as a burial (Romans 6:3-4, Colossians 2:12). Only immersion burries the one being baptized.

Baptism is also described as a birth, where a new life begins. (Romans 6:3-13) ("rising to walk in newness of life".) (See also John 3:3-5)

For a child to be born, it must be first inside the mother. Also for a mother to give birth to a child, that mother must be larger than the child being born. To be born of water, therefore, the body of water must be larger than the one being born and the one being born must come from inside the water. Only immersion fits this description.

The Greek word that we get the word Baptism from means to immerse. That is the term used by the writers of the Bible.

Baptism according to the Bible is immersion.

Answer 2

Sprinkling is a valid method of baptism. There is no clear-cut answer as to the exact mode of administration for this rite, so saying definitively whether immersion is the only way to perform baptism, is simply an interpretation, not gospel -- pardon the pun.

If Jesus was immersed (dipped), then since the Bible did not say submerged, are we to believe that he absolutely had to be placed under the water? Again, we are left to interpretations, and our Baptist friends are pretty loud, but not necessarily correct on this matter. Even the burial argument does not "hold water", again pardon the pun, since rituals in that time could involve sprinkling of dirt over the deceased (not like today's methods), lending more credence to sprinkling than submersion as being the correct administration. Or at least a correct one.

Acts 8:38 is one verse that is often used to imply complete submersion as both Paul and the eunich go down into the water, but if they both do this, why did the verse not identify one of them UNDER the water? And "together" would have to mean both of them under the water if immersion is to be a submersion in this instance.

Or, since this was a desert road, why not only go into the water to scoop some up and sprinkle on the eunich's head?

There are several other sprinkling verses uh, sprinkled, throughout the Bible that also lend themselves very well to this interpretation of baptism. If you're Baptist, you're not going to budge on this issue. But that doesn't mean that other churches that do sprinkle, don't have scriptural backing for what they do.

Answer 3

Immersion. yet i think of John 3:5 is touching on actual delivery (ever pay attention of a pregnant woman's water breaking?) besides, the thief on the bypass next to Jesus grew to become into with Him in Paradise that day and grew to become into not baptized. nonetheless, all believers could be baptized(if in any respect conceivable) upon conversion as an act of obedience and to p.c. out with Christ's' loss of life, burial and resurrection. all people who understood baptism and refused that's probable not stored.

Answer 4

The Greek word baptizo means to immerse. that means to fully cover with liquid. The word is used by the old Greek writers with this meaning. Therefore baptism means to immerse!

Answer 5

Sprinkling is NOT Baptism. The Councils of the Early Church clearly state in the canons that "there must be enough water so that it 'runs naturally' - or "pours" - pouring is valid, dipping is valid, full immersion is valid. "Sprinkling' is not a valid method.

Answer 6

Immersion is the only way acceptable before God.
Sprinkling came about when people began to wrongly believe that children would go to hell if not baptized prior to their death. In other words if a child died as an infant without having been baptized, then they believed the child would go to hell. Enter baptisim by sprinkling because they also believed that a child/infant could not hold their breath long enough to be baptized by immersion. Baptism by sprinkling a false teaching.

I quote: "I know that it is solemn mockery before God, that ye should baptize little children.
10 Behold I say unto you that this thing shall ye teach—repentance and baptism unto those who are accountable and capable of committing sin; yea, teach parents that they must repent and be baptized, and humble themselves as their little children, and they shall all be saved with their little children.
11 And their little children need no repentance, neither baptism. Behold, baptism is unto repentance to the fulfilling the commandments unto the remission of sins.
12 But little children are alive in Christ, even from the foundation of the world; if not so, God is a partial God, and also a changeable God, and a respecter to persons; for how many little children have died without baptism!
13 Wherefore, if little children could not be saved without baptism, these must have gone to an endless hell.
14 Behold I say unto you, that he that supposeth that little children need baptism is in the gall of bitterness and in the bonds of iniquity; for he hath neither faith, hope, nor charity; wherefore, should he be cut off while in the thought, he must go down to hell.
15 For awful is the wickedness to suppose that God saveth one child because of baptism, and the other must perish because he hath no baptism.
16 Wo be unto them that shall pervert the ways of the Lord after this manner, for they shall perish except they repent. Behold, I speak with boldness, having authority from God; and I fear not what man can do;"

Answer 7

It came about when people started baptizing infants since its not a good idea to emerse an infant in water. I believe in adult baptism, fully emersed.

Answer 8

emertion totally.........that is what the word means, to go under the water

Answer 9

It should not matter.