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Re: Baptism: Essential or Not
Tongues and baptism are normative to the christian church in Acts. The immediate submission to water baptism upon hearing the word and believing is also normative.
As a Christian practice and command, it is essential. But again it is a command and an obligation to those having faith. So if someone has decided to be baptized by faith, that the die before doing so does not mean they were disobedient
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- There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
- The Son is God himself in a human form or "God manifested in the flesh" (1Tim 3:16)
- Every sinner must repent of their sins.
- That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
- That the Holy Ghost is for today and is received by faith with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.
- The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
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