Cleansing Baptism
Humanity Baptism
Repentance Baptism
Israel Baptism
Spirit Baptism
Total Baptism
Naaman (2 Kings 5) – baptism in water as cleansing, not only as cleansing dirt and germs but cleansing diseases.
Christ does not baptize his hands (Luke 11:38) nor do his disciples (Mark 7:1-5), and Christ points to the need to cleanse the inner life and not only the outside. Baptism is not just getting the skin wet, but is a symbol of the inner cleansing that is only possible because of Christ. C.H.R.I.S.T. Baptism must cleanse the inner life, and not just the outer life.
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