Question on Yahoo Answers: What is the proper way to water baptize today?

[Christine]

Immersion or Sprinkle?


MY ANSWER:

Neither. Water baptism is NOT the ONE baptism God approves of in this present dispensation of the GRACE of God at ALL!

We have the "ONE Lord, ONE faith and ONE baptism" of Eph. 4:5 and THAT baptism is one performed BY the Holy Spirit when He places you INTO the Body of Christ. There is NO water involved in the One baptism BY God today.

Water baptism WAS required under the law program which was given to the Nation Israel in times Past, however, God SET ASIDE that program , which was JUDAISM, and began a NEW program, with a NEW apostle, with New information for a NEW creation, called the Body of Christ and thus "Christianity".

So you see, there is a difference, and water baptism today is NOT acceptable in Gods eyes as He has told us there is ONLY one baptism and its NOT with Water.

Just something to think about.

RELIGION has us doing all those things that God required of Israel, but anyone who studies their Bible and sees the difference between Judaism and Christianity should KNOW the difference!

We are a NEW creation by virtue of the Holy Spirit PLACING US INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST..NOT by water. Someone in "churchianity" simply made that up and it has NO basis in FACT in the scriptures rightly divided (that means keeping those things meant for Israel with Israel, and those things meant for we the Body of Christ with the Body of Christ. The two are NOT the same.)

I hope this has helped to clear things up for you. If you would like to know more, please visit www.graceteacher.com as we have some studies on baptism that will show you from scripture that this is so.

[Christine]

Amazing that people dont understand that water has nothing to do with the baptism by which WE are baptized today.

Eph 4:5 says "One Lord, ONE faith and ONE baptism"....no water here folks. We are identified with Christ (which is the true meaning of baptism) and placed INTO His Body.