Why should I be a Baptist? (Jesus, ritual, mystic, tradition)

[Okieshowedem]

Can anyone here tell me why I should became a Baptist?




Okieshowedem

[wizanda]

can baptise you with fire of Christ? which is soon if all other prophecies are finished....any ritualistic behaviour, is concerned with the outside of the cup...so though we can wash the outside, it is the inside that needs washing...

so in true repentance then that is accepted, which just takes fully opening the doors of your heart to God.
Also learning to systematically clean your self internally, as any new sins and things arise, not needing to go speaking to others, yet speaking to God your self directly in your room....
Learning the connection to God makes it always there....
for me i find allot of baptism today a big show, not like John the Baptist did which was holy and mystical; yet now it is all routine and that is not part of God....where life can move up and down and so that line of connection to God, is when the holy spirit feels, when you do wrong and tells you where or what not to do....

Making a show on the outside, the inner feeling are less, like anything we can do if like playing the guitar with your eyes closed, you play better as you are using them senses more on the focusing of the music...
Same applies with God, make a big sight of it, and it means less.....yet in saying that, there is no harm in you going alone to a lake and baptising your self or even the sea...which to me is special because being called the Mar in Spanish and Mardre (mother)....so semi connecting to water that we all need and is part of us...makes that link to the divine more real.

[JayHawes]

What you should worry about is becoming a Christian. After that the choice is yours. I myself attend a Baptist Church, and worship there is real and grand. Whatever denomiantion you choose, make sure that the truth is being taught, that they like to worship, and that it just fits you.

[angellous_evangellous]

Originally Posted by Okieshowedem

Can anyone here tell me why I should became a Baptist?




Okieshowedem

If we make you feel warm and fuzzy, then we must have something good.

[Holly]

Because the Baptist church is the most Biblical and is closest to the truth.

[Katzpur]

Originally Posted by Holly

Because the Baptist church is the most Biblical and is closest to the truth.

Holly, haven't you been LDS, Catholic and Baptist in the short time you've been a member of RF, or am I mixing you up with someone else?

[joeboonda]

Umm, what Holly said. But there are many churches that teach the Bible as God's Word and Jesus as Saviour. Also what Jayhawes said. Trust alone in Christ alone to be saved. Be a Christian first, that is priority #1. Study the denominations (not the cults), and you will see they all agree on the essential doctrines. Most differences lie in non-essential doctrines and traditions or practices and cultural differences. If a church has loving, Spirit-filled believers,preaches the Word and Jesus and believes in the core doctrines, then you should be fine. As you study and mature in the faith you may refine your beliefs and feel a particular denomination is right or wrong for you. Jesus operates in the lives of believers despite denominations so each individual church will vary. Good luck in your search!
Mike

[joeboonda]

Are non-baptists allowed to post here? I see some posts of non-baptists here, just wondering...

[Angelfire]

Originally Posted by Okieshowedem

Can anyone here tell me why I should became a Baptist?




Okieshowedem

I would like to know what is behind the question.







peace

[ChristineES]

You should read about many denominations to find the one that is good for you.

Although I am a Baptist, I took a quiz online that said I would fit in a Friend's (Quaker) Church and another that said I would make a good Pentecostal.