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Originally Posted by Kiwi Christian
I'm an Independent Baptist so I voted yes. I believe it is one of only two ordinances given to the body of Christ to practise until the Lord returns, the other being the Lord's Supper.
Believer's Baptism is a wonderful figure of the salvation that has already taken place in the believer's life, to me it is an important Christian ceremony which publicly testifies of the new creature in Christ.
While water baptism is not required for salvation, I believe it is an important ingredient for the believer's testimony to the body of Christ, and so I encourage all new professing believers to be baptised in water as soon as possible, as a sign of their willingness to obey the scripture and witness their salvation publicly.
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Matt, you and I personally differ on water baptism and it's application, but I want to thank you for this profession that you take a stand and that you are basing it on Scripture, and a Scriptural profession that I may disagree with that is yet heartfelt, I have no disagreement with. I'm not out to destroy you, your church, or your denomination.
Grace and peace and much fruit to you, I'm trying to handle these replies in a chronological order so that no one who addresses me or this topic is missed.
Tony