Thursday, March 8, 2012

Baptism, Sprinkling, Pouring, or Immersion? By Michael Reed (Romans 6:3-5) February 26, 2012.a.m. (Click to Listen)

Acts 8:35-39
35 Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus. 36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, "Look, here is water. Why shouldn't I be baptized?"  38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. NIV

In the the preaching and teaching of the apostles, we saw that baptism was essential to Salvation and becoming a disciple of Christ. But even when the necessity of baptism has been established, questions often remain. Is baptism to be immersion, pouring or sprinkling?
This lesson examines this question "Is baptism to be sprinkling, pouring or immersion?"