Good passage for Baptism

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I am in RCIA and will be Baptised at Easter! Glory be to God!! My husband is going to throw a dinner party and we are inviting some close family members. My question is I am making the invitations and thought it would be nice to have a nice passage from the bible about baptism, but I am not really sure what one. Got any ideas!

Thanks!

 

[Mannyfit75]

I am in RCIA and will be Baptised at Easter! Glory be to God!! My husband is going to throw a dinner party and we are inviting some close family members. My question is I am making the invitations and thought it would be nice to have a nice passage from the bible about baptism, but I am not really sure what one. Got any ideas!

Thanks!

John 1:32 - when Jesus was baptized, He was baptized in the water and the Spirit, which descended upon Him in the form of a dove. The Holy Spirit and water are required for baptism. Also, Jesus’ baptism was not the Christian baptism He later instituted. Jesus’ baptism was instead a royal anointing of the Son of David (Jesus) conferred by a Levite (John the Baptist) to reveal Christ to Israel, as it was foreshadowed in 1 Kings 1:39 when the Son of David (Solomon) was anointed by the Levitical priest Zadok. See John 1:31; cf. Matt. 3:16; Mark 1:9; Luke 3:21.

John 3:3,5 - Jesus says, “Truly, truly, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” When Jesus said “water and the Spirit,” He was referring to baptism (which requires the use of water, and the work of the Spirit).

John 3:22 - after teaching on baptism, John says Jesus and the disciples did what? They went into Judea where the disciples baptized. Jesus’ teaching about being reborn by water and the Spirit is in the context of baptism.

John 4:1 - here is another reference to baptism which naturally flows from Jesus’ baptismal teaching in John 3:3-5.

Acts 8:36 – the eunuch recognizes the necessity of water for his baptism. Water and baptism are never separated in the Scriptures.

Acts 10:47 - Peter says “can anyone forbid water for baptizing these people…?” The Bible always links water and baptism.

Acts 22:16 – Ananias tells Saul, “arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins.” The “washing away” refers to water baptism.

Titus 3:5-6 – Paul writes about the “washing of regeneration,” which is “poured out on us” in reference to water baptism. “Washing” (loutron) generally refers to a ritual washing with water.

Heb. 10:22 – the author is also writing about water baptism in this verse. “Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.” Our bodies are washed with pure water in water baptism.

2 Kings 5:14 - Naaman dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, and his flesh was restored like that of a child. This foreshadows the regenerative function of baptism, by water and the Holy Spirit.

Isaiah 44:3 - the Lord pours out His water and His Spirit. Water and the Spirit are linked to baptism. The Bible never separates them.

Ezek. 36:25-27 - the Lord promises He will sprinkle us with water to cleanse us from sin and give us a new heart and spirit. Paul refers to this verse in Heb. 10:22. The teaching of Ezekiel foreshadows the salvific nature of Christian baptism instituted by Jesus and taught in John 3:5, Titus 3:5, 1 Peter 3:21 and Acts 22:16.

 

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WOW! Thanks for the help!

 

[Mannyfit75]

WOW! Thanks for the help!

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I am in RCIA and will be Baptised at Easter! Glory be to God!! My husband is going to throw a dinner party and we are inviting some close family members. My question is I am making the invitations and thought it would be nice to have a nice passage from the bible about baptism, but I am not really sure what one. Got any ideas!

Thanks!

Looking4Answers:

Congratulations. I know that you’re making a big step, so I’ll try to s=do as much of the work for you as I can. Here are a few suggestions, courtesy of our friends at Bible Gateway:

Ezekiel 36:25-26 NJB - I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, I will cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. New Jerusalem Bible - This is one of the ones I would pick.

Matthew 3:11 - Probably N/A
John 1:33 - See Above

John 3:5 NAB - Jesus answered, "Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.
Acts 10:44
Acts 19:2-6 - N/A

1 Corinthians 12:13 NAB - For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all given to drink of one Spirit.

Ephesians 5:25-26 ESV - Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, English Standard Version

Titus 3:5-6 NJB - … It was for no reason except his own faithful love that he saved us, by means of the cleansing water of rebirth and renewal in the Holy Spirit, which he has so generously poured over us through Jesus Christ our savior, New Jerusalem Bible - This is another of my favorites.

1 Peter 3:20-21 NAB - …who had once been disobedient while God patiently waited in the days of Noah during the building of the ark, in which a few persons, eight in all, were saved through water. This prefigured baptism, which saves you now. It is not a removal of dirt from the body but an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

And, then there’s the classic:

Matthew 28:18-20 CEV - *Jesus came to them and said:

I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth! Go to the people of all nations and make them my disciples. Baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and teach them to do everything I have told you. I will be with you always, even until the end of the world."* Contemporary English Version

Remember, you can use any Translation of the Bible that you want to. You don’t have to use the ones I used - they were just potential suggestions, because I liked the wording of those Translations for those passages.

If you don’t want to do a Copy-Paste from the above, get a Jerusalem Bible or New Jerusalem Bible (Really Pretty), a New American Bible, a Revised Standard Version - Catholic edition and your trusty Douay-Rheims or KJV

And biblegateway.com/ gives you about 20 versions to chose from.

This should give you a good start.

Your Brother in Christ, Michael