baptism – Bible Q

Were Lydia and the Philippian gaoler already “God-fearers” worshipping Yahweh before Paul arrived in Philippi?

Answered by BibleQ . October 27, 2021 - 6:17 am

Who were these God-fearers? God-fearers were a large group of sympathizers among Gentiles with one-God worship of the God of Israel. Their existence is documented in numerous Jewish texts of the period, using a multitude of Greek terms (theosebeis, sebomenoi, phoboumenoi, metuentes). The most famous example of all is obviously Cornelius, an Italian soldier who had started to […]

What does “the rock that followed them was Christ” mean? (1 Corinthians 10:4)

Answered by BibleQ . October 15, 2021 - 10:03 pm

This is one of Paul’s best known types or patterns of Christ from the Old Testament: For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea; 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 […]

Is in the name of Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit missing in early manuscripts of Matthew 28:19?

Answered by BibleQ . July 29, 2021 - 5:27 pm

No. This is a constant claim based on unreliable sources – one of the sources strangely a Catholic Encyclopedia article from 1913 – but there is no truth in this claim. The Greek text The verse is found in this form in all Greek manuscripts. There is no Greek manuscript of the last page of […]

If you were initially baptised in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Mat. 28:19) do you need to be re-baptised because you were not baptized in Jesus’ name (as per Acts 2:38)?

Answered by BibleQ . October 27, 2014 - 4:49 am

If I understood the question correctly, this is a question about the two differing descriptions applied to Christian baptism. Acts 2:38 talks about being baptised “in the name of Jesus Christ” whereas Matthew 28:19 talks about being baptised “in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”. The question […]

How can someone experience salvation?

Answered by BibleQ . January 25, 2014 - 5:44 pm 3

A few snippets from Scripture on the subject of salvation . . . To be saved, we need to: Hear the gospel (Romans 10:14) Understand the gospel (Acts 28:27) Believe the gospel (Hebrews 11:6) Response of belief: Repentance (Luke 15:7) Burial in water (baptism) symbolising death to serving sin (Romans 6:4) Rising to a new […]

Are Christadelphians the only ones who are going to be saved upon the second coming of Jesus Christ?

Answered by BibleQ . August 23, 2013 - 7:48 pm

The simple answer is ‘no’, common sense tells us that no church is unique or perfect in doctrine in God’s eyes, much less in behaviour. But to these things we do not know. It is not our judgment to make, it is for Christ to judge (John 5:22; Matt 5:31), and so any attempt to […]

Did Jesus ever baptise anyone himself?

Answered by BibleQ . February 23, 2013 - 10:18 pm 2

No, Jesus didn’t physically baptise anyone himself. John 4:1-2 explains: …Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples) Jesus’ disciples, under his authority, were baptising people on his behalf.1 Notes 1. Perhaps it’s a bit like in the Old Testament when the Tabernacles was […]

Is thorough theological knowledge essential to baptism and salvation? Does this exclude the severely disabled and very young?

Answered by BibleQ . September 6, 2012 - 9:23 pm 2

This is a question about who will be saved. John 5:22 says God has given all judgment to the Son. Therefore we should be cautious not to pre-empt the judgment of Christ or attempt to usurp his authority by making judgments on his behalf. The most we can do is examine the scriptures for the […]

Is it necessary to rebaptize someone after they have learned the gospel more accurately?

Answered by BibleQ . July 24, 2012 - 9:15 pm 1

It all depends on the circumstances and understanding of the person at their previous baptism. Before baptism there must be repentance and belief (Acts 2:38; Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16), so any previous “baptism” is not really baptism if it was not accompanied by any sort of belief. Thus baptism of babies is not baptism at […]

Is sprinkling baptism invalid or unbiblical? And what about infant baptism?

Answered by BibleQ . March 8, 2012 - 3:53 pm

What we find in the Bible about baptism: Biblical baptism involves repentance, dying to serving sin symbolised by burial (immersion) in water, rising to a new life of serving God, symbolised by coming up out of the water. Romans 6:3-6 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus […]

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Were Lydia and the Philippian gaoler already “God-fearers” worshipping Yahweh before Paul arrived in Philippi?

What does “the rock that followed them was Christ” mean? (1 Corinthians 10:4)

Is in the name of Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit missing in early manuscripts of Matthew 28:19?

If you were initially baptised in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Mat. 28:19) do you need to be re-baptised because you were not baptized in Jesus’ name (as per Acts 2:38)?

How can someone experience salvation?

Are Christadelphians the only ones who are going to be saved upon the second coming of Jesus Christ?

Did Jesus ever baptise anyone himself?

Is thorough theological knowledge essential to baptism and salvation? Does this exclude the severely disabled and very young?

Is it necessary to rebaptize someone after they have learned the gospel more accurately?

Is sprinkling baptism invalid or unbiblical? And what about infant baptism?

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