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Archive for May 24th, 2005

24 May

Baptism and Big Problems

In our last post we touched on a few things. Namely, that
before Christianity there were ceremonial baptisms, or washings, of the Old
Testament and the baptism of John. We looked at John’s purpose in baptism and
we looked at what the people did as they went to get baptized. We also mentioned
some baptisms brought by Christ—one with the Holy Spirit and one with fire. Lastly,
we managed to begin to see what role water played in the giving of the Holy
Spirit in the book of Acts. Today, we start to encounter problems…

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