“Right faith is of necessity required for Baptism, since it is said: "the justice of God is by faith in Jesus Christ" (Romans 3:22) ... Therefore, Baptism without faith avails nothing and thus we must recall that without faith no one is acceptable to God.” SaidJesusChristJusticeJesus ChristAcceptableRecallsSacramentsBaptismFaith In JesusJustice Of God Author:Thomas Aquinas
“Oh! for this baptism of fire! when every spoken word for Jesus shall be a thunderbolt, and every prayer shall bring forth a mighty flood.” JesusPrayerFireFloodBaptismSpoken WordThunderbolts Author:Abbott Eliot Kittredge
“Millennials aren't looking for a hipper Christianity. We're looking for a truer Christianity, a more authentic Christianity. Like every generation before ours and every generation after, we're looking for Jesus-the same Jesus who can be found in the strange places he's always been found: in bread, in wine, in baptism, in the Word, in suffering, in community, and among the least of these.” SufferingFoundJesusCommunityChristianityGenerationsStrangeWineBreadBaptismMillennialsStrange PlacesAuthentic Christianity Book:Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church Source: Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church
“In all religions, the quickening spirit has been symbolically represented as a bird. At the baptism, when Jesus body was in the water, the Spirit of Christ descended into it as a dove.” Has BeensBodySpiritJesusChristWaterBirdDoveBaptismQuickening Book:Mysteries of the Great Operas Source: Mysteries of the Great Operas
“Baptism is the critical priesthood ordinance which opens the door to eternal life for each one of us. It is the benchmark from which we count our many blessings because this is when our accountability to follow Jesus Christ and live his Gospel begins.” JesusChristDoorsBlessingEternalJesus ChristCriticalAccountabilityEternal LifeBaptismPriesthoodOrdinancesMany Blessings Author:Elaine L. Jack
“I know that with consecration on the part of believers, separation from the world, disentanglement from enslaving sins, and a mighty baptism of the Holy Spirit, the church would become a conquering power in the world, not by its constructed theology, not by its Sabbath services, not by its arguments to convince the intellect, but by its simple story of Jesus' love, by the Cross, the Cross--God's hammer, God's fire.” KnowsWorldStoriesSpiritJesusChurchSinSimpleFireHolyArgumentCrossesIntellectBelieverSeparationTheologyConquerHoly SpiritConvinceHammersBaptismSabbathJesus LoveConsecration Author:Abbott Eliot Kittredge
“Jesus said, 'Except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.' There are no exceptions. Baptism is a necessary ordinance.” MenSaidSpiritJesusWaterBornKingdomsExceptionKingdom Of GodBaptismOrdinancesBaptizedBaptized In Author:Gordon B. Hinckley