Originally Posted by JesusFan
and would just say that Baptism per the scriptures in my understanding would be the Christian submitting to the rite as saying in a public declaration that I have been saved, and am now part of the Body of Christ...
Hmmmmm, but what is the definition of baptism in and of itself? OR, are you saying that baptism is nothing other than a means to allow a person to give a testimony of their alleged salvation and submitting to the "rite/ordinance" of baptism simply because professing believers in Scripture were baptized in water?

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