Baptism

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(dipping, bathing). Christian baptism is the ordinance or rite commanded in which water is used to initiate the recipient into the house of God — the profession of Christianity. Baptism identifies the person with the one they are baptised to. The children of Israel were identified with Moses (1 Cor. 10:22And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; (1 Corinthians 10:2)), the repenting Jews with John (Matt. 3:66And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. (Matthew 3:6)) and the one baptized unto Christ with Christ (Gal. 3:2727For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. (Galatians 3:27)). Christian baptism is by going under water and done in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit (Matt. 28:1919Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: (Matthew 28:19)). The church itself was from on the day of Pentecost by the baptism of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2; 1 Cor. 12:1313For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. (1 Corinthians 12:13)).