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Originally Posted by freeatlast
That's just good pastoring Sherri.
So often , some of us are in such a rush to get someone in the water so we can get our baptismal count up, that we have no concern that they understand the commitment to Christ it represents.
The baptismal candidate should enter the waters odf baptism much like a bride or groom uproach the marriage covenant.
We'd have better retention of peopple if we baptized our new converts with knowledge before we baptized with water.
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FAL... there is a question that has been presented here that few, if any, have attempted to answer.
People have MANY sins in their life when they come to be baptized.
If a woman comes in with pants on and jewelry on would you think it good pastoring if she were asked if she were going to continue wearing them & keeping the pants & jewelry in her house? Because if she stays in the same house with them then she will probably wear them again.
If a person smokes... is it good pastoring to ask them if they are going to stop smoking and throw away all of their cigarettes in their home before baptizing them?
I know these questions sound sarcastic but they are not presented in that manner. I believe that these are fair parallels to draw on the position that is being taken here and I would appreciate your honest thoughts on these questions.
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