Scott1
Well-Known Member
Now you are getting it. I think you are stuck by your definition of baptism. It does not only mean being dunked into water. Some Protestants consider any Baptism not by full immersion in water to be invalid.... my point is, many faiths have a definition of how baptism "works".... this is ours.
There are three valid forms of Baptism: blood, desire, and by water.
A good example of a baptism by desire is someone who comes to know Jesus later in life. Saved by the grace of God, the man wants to go to a Priest and be Baptised in accordance with the teachings of the Holy Bible. On the way to the Church, the man is struck by a car and killed. Catholics don't believe that this man would go to hell because he did not have a Baptism by water in a Church. I believe God is merciful.
What I would like you to eventually understand is that the Sacraments are physical representations of the grace of God. Sacraments convey the power of God, not the power of the sacrament. All glory and honor are due to God alone....the sacraments are useless without the power of God.
Hope this gets you closer.
Scott
There are three valid forms of Baptism: blood, desire, and by water.
A good example of a baptism by desire is someone who comes to know Jesus later in life. Saved by the grace of God, the man wants to go to a Priest and be Baptised in accordance with the teachings of the Holy Bible. On the way to the Church, the man is struck by a car and killed. Catholics don't believe that this man would go to hell because he did not have a Baptism by water in a Church. I believe God is merciful.
What I would like you to eventually understand is that the Sacraments are physical representations of the grace of God. Sacraments convey the power of God, not the power of the sacrament. All glory and honor are due to God alone....the sacraments are useless without the power of God.
Hope this gets you closer.
Scott