2. ABestKeptSecretofSacredScripture
preparedbyDanielKeeran,MSW
1. Total immersion in water now saves, baptism saves as per 1 Peter 3:21
2. Total immersion is a work of God, not man as per Colossians 2:11-13 and Titus 3:5.
3. Total immersion is the counsel of God as per Luke 7:29, Colossians 2:12, Romans 6:4
4. Total immersion is more than a ritual, sacrament, symbol, or sign
but is when one is raised to new life as per 2 Corinthians 5:17
Galatians 3:26-27, Romans 6:4 and I Corinthians 1:13
5. Total immersion is something God does as per Acts 2:38-39
6. Total immersion is when one is crucified and raised with Mashiach as per Romans 6:6, Ephesians 2:1-6,
and Colossians 2:11-13
7. Total immersion is saved by grace through faith as per Ephesians 2:1-6
8. Total immersion is required for salvation as per Mark 16: 15-16
9. Total immersion is the good-conscience pledge between God and man as per
1 Peter 3:21
10. One is NOT justified by faith alone as per James 2:24
11. There is no such thing as the believers/sinner’s prayer for salvation in scripture and says baptism in
water is a participation with mashiach in his death by crucifixion, in his burial, and in his resurrection.
12. Total immersion washes away sins as per Acts 22:16 and Acts 2:38.
13. Born again refers to water and spirit, required to enter the kingdom of heaven as per John 3:5 and
Titus 3:5
14. Babies were not baptized ..... total immersion would drown some babies or cause them to contract a
terminal respiratory illness so only people old enough to survive were totally immersed as per Acts 8:12
15. people who had not even so much as heard of the Spirit, were re-immersed as per Acts 19:1-4
16. These verses also indicate that one must have faith, believing God will perform or make happen what
He says he will do: be crucified with Him, buried with Mashiach, forgive sins, and give the Sprit as a gift
or deposit of eternal life, and be raised or made alive with Christ to live a new life.
17. Paul's gospel of I Corinthians 1: 17 included immersion in water as per Acts 18:8 and I
Corinthians 1:13
18. The gospel includes believing what God says about total immersion as per Romans 6
19. Despite Origen’s declaration and the misunderstanding of David’s intention in
Psalms 51:5, Babies are conceived in innocence, free from any stain, sin, or guilt inherited from Adam and
Eve as per Ezekiel 18:19-24.
20. Total immersion in water is into Mashiach and his death as per Romans 6:3
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23. Total immersion in water is ...... add your thoughts in the comments below
24,Baptism in water is not a work of man as per John 3:5 and Titus 3:5
"he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us
through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit" We know now that baptism is NOT a
righteous thing we have done but a miracle God performs.
25. Total immersion in water is how one enters Yeshua Mashiach as per Romans 6:3 and Galatians 3:26-27
26. Total immersion is described in scripture as a burial with Mashiach (rather than a sprinkling or pouring
of water) as per Colossians 2:12 and Romans 6:4. Thus, total immersion in water (baptism) is a way of
joining with the divine or how one “receives Yeshua.” For more on this, (see aryeh kaplan, Waters of Eden
and Total Immersion: a mikvah anthology by Rivkah Slonim)
27. Acts 2:38 fulfills Zechariah 13:1
Timing of Baptism in the Earliest Churches of Mashiach