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FAITH IN THE WATER

  On February 5th, 2023 around 12 noon at Mt. Pleasant Christian Church in Greenwood, Indiana I had an immersion baptism. I was sprinkled in the United Methodist Church when I was four months old on April 17th, 1960.  There are a lot of theological debates on baptism and why sprinkling and other methods can be considered a baptism. But if you simply look at the Holy Bible it reads that every baptism was an immersion. Even the Jewish faith baptizes and it is always an immersive baptism. John 3:23 / Matthew 3:16 / Acts 8:38 The leader of my Men's Bible Study did the honor of baptizing me. Another simple teaching in the Holy Bible is that when you become a believer in Jesus Christ you enter into the priesthood of believers. This means you can perform acts and rites of faith without any special schooling or man-made rules of apostolic lines of succession. There is no need to wear robes, or clerical clothing to be a minister of faith as a Christian.  1 Peter 2:5-9 Jesus wanted to simpli