For by one spirit we are all baptized series#

In English this has been translated wash, but in the Greek you will see he simply uses the Word Baptize.Įven the most staunch Southern Baptist would have to concede that at least one place in scripture uses the root word “Baptizo” in a sense that allows for sprinkling. Some Versions use the word “couch” in there too. Notice in the above verse Mark is using the word “wash” to talk about cleaning dishes, tables, and other such household things. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washingof cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.” Mark 7:4 KJV

“4 And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. The quantity of water seems to depend on the context. What I have found is that it works like the word “wash” in English. Not being educated in Greek myself, I try not to rely too much on those, and instead focus on how the word is used in scripture. I have seen some sources define it in ways that allow sprinkling and others that seem to try to scratch that out. I find that different sources will define the word differently depending on the theology of the one providing the definition. The word “Baptism” comes to us from the Greek word “ Baptizo“. My goal here is to Biblically present why I believe it doesn’t matter how much water is used or how much of the body is covered in it. That said, I am going to devote one post to this topic. In my opinion the Baptist fixation here is a distraction, and when we engage in the narrative it assumes the false premise. Once you have accepted this after coming from a more Baptist background, the whole sprinkling vs dunking thing is kind of a non-issue. I believe that Baptism is a means of Grace by which God kills and raises us in Christ.

Specifically, I do not see it as a symbolic act that that does nothing. You can find it by clicking HERE.īy the time I even started looking into this I had already been convinced by scripture that Baptism is real.

For by one spirit we are all baptized series#

I recommend that you read my series on Baptism before engaging in this post.