BAPTISM -- Part 2

[CENTER][B][COLOR=#ff0000]BAPTISM -- Part 2[/COLOR][/B]
(Comments welcomed)

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[LEFT][COLOR=RoyalBlue][B]Why is the baptism of John (of water) still needed today?[/B][/COLOR][/LEFT]
[LEFT][I][COLOR=Red] H[/COLOR]e that believeth [B][U] and[/U] [/B] is baptized [U] shall be saved[/U]; but he that believeth not shall be damned. (Mar 16:16)[/I][/LEFT]
[LEFT][I][COLOR=Red]J[/COLOR]esus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, [U] Except a man be born of water[/U] and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. (Joh 3:5)[/I][/LEFT]
[LEFT][I][COLOR=Red] J[/COLOR]ohn did baptize ..... for [U] the remission of sins[/U]. (Mar 1:4)[/I][/LEFT]
[LEFT][I][COLOR=Red] A[/COLOR]nd he came ..... preaching the baptism of repentance for [U] the remission of sins[/U] (Luk 3:3)[/I][/LEFT]
[LEFT][I][COLOR=Red] T[/COLOR]hen Peter said unto them, ..... be baptized ..... in the name of Jesus Christ [U] for the remission of sins[/U], (Act 2:38)[/I][/LEFT]
[LEFT][I][COLOR=Red] B[/COLOR]ut the Pharisees and lawyers [U] rejected the counsel of God[/U] against themselves, being [B] not[/B] baptized of him. (Luk 7:30)

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[LEFT][COLOR=RoyalBlue][B]What attitude should one have upon water baptism?[/B][/COLOR][/LEFT]
[LEFT][I][COLOR=Red] B[/COLOR]ut [U] when they believed[/U] Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. (Act 8:12)[/I][/LEFT]
[LEFT][I][COLOR=Red] A[/COLOR]nd were baptized of him in Jordan, [U] confessing their sins[/U]. (Mat 3:6)[/I][/LEFT]
[LEFT][I][COLOR=Red] A[/COLOR]nd there went ..... and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, [U] confessing their sins[/U]. (Mar 1:5)[/I][/LEFT]
[LEFT][I][COLOR=Red] I[/COLOR] indeed baptize you with water [U] unto repentance[/U]..... (Mat 3:11)[/I][/LEFT]
[LEFT][I][COLOR=Red] T[/COLOR]hen Peter said unto them, [U]Repent[/U], and be baptized (Act 2:38)

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[LEFT][COLOR=RoyalBlue][B]How is water baptism to be performed?[/B][/COLOR][/LEFT]
[LEFT][I][COLOR=Red] T[/COLOR]hen cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan [U] unto John[/U], to be baptized of him. (Mat 3:13)[/I][/LEFT]
[LEFT][I][COLOR=Red] A[/COLOR]nd Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway [U] out of the water[/U] (Mat 3:16)[/I][/LEFT]
[LEFT][I][COLOR=Red] t[/COLOR]hey went [U] down[/U] both [U] into[/U] the water, ..... and he baptized him. (Act 8:38)[/I][/LEFT]
[LEFT][I][COLOR=Red]A[/COLOR]nd John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there (Joh 3:23)
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[COLOR=RoyalBlue][B]Water baptism: In whose name?[/B][/COLOR][/LEFT]
[LEFT][I][COLOR=Red] G[/COLOR]o ye therefore ..... [U]baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost[/U] (Mat 28:19)[/I][/LEFT]
[LEFT][B]In the name of the Son[/B][/LEFT]
[LEFT][I][COLOR=Red] A[/COLOR]nd he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, [U] Unto John's baptism[/U]. Then said Paul, John verily baptized [U] with the baptism of repentance[/U], saying unto the people, [U] that they should believe on him[/U] which should come after him, that is, [U] on Christ Jesus[/U]. When they heard this, [U] they were baptized [B] in the name of the Lord Jesus[/B][/U]. (Act 19:3-5)
[COLOR=Red]I[/COLOR]n whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh [U] by the circumcision of Christ[/U][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=#ff0000]:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [U] Buried with him in baptism[/U], wherein [B] also[/B] ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.[/I][I](Col 2:11-12)[/I][/LEFT]
[LEFT][I][COLOR=Red]K[/COLOR]now ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ [U] were baptized into his death[/U]?[/I][I](Rom 6:3)[/I][/LEFT]
[LEFT][B]In the name of the holy Spirit[/B][/LEFT]
[LEFT][I][COLOR=Red]A[/COLOR]nd as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning. Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but [U] ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost[/U]. (Act 11:15-16)[/I][/LEFT]
[LEFT][I][COLOR=Red]F[/COLOR]or as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. (Rom 8:14-15)[/I][/LEFT]
[LEFT][B]In the name of the father[/B][/LEFT]
[LEFT][I][COLOR=Red] B[/COLOR]ut Jesus answered and said..... Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be [U] baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with[/U]? They say unto him, We are able. And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and [U] be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with[/U]: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of [U] my Father[/U]. Mat (20:22-23)

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[LEFT][COLOR=RoyalBlue][B]What about the baptism of fire?[/B][/COLOR][/LEFT]
[LEFT][I][COLOR=Red]B[/COLOR]ring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance ..... And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and [U] cast into the fire[/U]. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: [U] he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire[/U]: Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but [U] he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire[/U]. (Mat 3:8-12)[/I][/LEFT]
[LEFT][I][COLOR=Red]E[/COLOR]very man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because [U] it shall be revealed by fire[/U]; and [U] the fire shall try every man's work[/U] of what sort it is. (1Co 3:13)[/I][/LEFT]