Thread: Have you been water baptized?

A bit of a spin-off from this thread:

Originally Posted by Colonel

Concerning baptism, what Torben hasnt talked about, at least not so far, is that baptism in water was very much a public act at the time of Jesus. People were called to believe and then the baptism became a public confession of that faith. As Romans 10 talks about, faith needs to be confessed, it needs to be directed towards the public sphere. Baptizing people in some private bath tub makes it a matter of full immersion in water but it defeats the main purpose of being baptized in water, the public aspect to it. Being baptized in a public church service is better because then it is at least possible for anyone to come by and watch.

Originally Posted by Ezekiel 33

Then what do you do with Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch? There was nothing public about it, and yet it is obvious that as Philip "preached Jesus to him" he spoke in such a way about baptism that the man knew he wanted and needed to do this.

I was water baptized in a church back in the 90's.

So, have you been water baptized and if not, why not?

Yup, been dunked twice! I know it's only "necessary" once, the second time was something deeply personal between me and the Lord and the movement we're a part of.

Yep. Twice like Kay. Once when real young when I didn't know what I was doing, and once for real. :)

Actually 3 times now that I think about it. Kind of a special thing like Kay mentioned.

In a public pool in 92 or so

Yes.

Twice...when I was first saved...and when I was attending a particular church that believed in baptizing in Jesus name ( it wasn't a oneness church but was a part of the apostle/prophetic movement) ETA: this church didn't "require" everyone being baptized in Jesus' name but after I heard their reasoning about it, I wanted to..kinda a personal thing, like some here.

Yes! my dad and I were baptized on the same day at the same time and place.

A very special memory.