By The Book
(From 2002) Some people ask why is full immersion baptism necessary and you could respond in simple terms by saying "because it’s in the bible". But you’d want to back up that statement with a scripture passage to prove it true and you would turn to Romans 6: 3-5, "Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4. Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in the newness of life. 5. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:" Various other questions can be answered by saying "the bible says so" but we also want to show them where to prove we are right. 1Thessalonians 5:21, "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." In reading the early books of the Old Testament, I not...