{"id":4106,"date":"2022-10-23T22:23:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T22:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=4106"},"modified":"2022-10-23T22:23:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T22:23:27","slug":"when-should-i-be-baptized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=4106","title":{"rendered":"When Should I Be Baptized?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Following Salvation:<\/em><\/strong><br><br>&#8220;When they believed&#8230;&#8230;they were baptized&#8230;.Acts 8:12<br><br>&#8220;And the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me from being baptized?  And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest.&#8221; Acts 8:36-37<br><br>&#8220;Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were  added unto them about three thousand souls.&#8221; Acts 2:41<br><br><em><strong>Conclusion: Baptism follows salvation, immediately, if possible.<\/strong><\/em><br><br><em><strong>What If I Refuse To Be Baptized?<\/strong><\/em><br><br><strong><em>Disobeying<\/em>: <\/strong>&#8220;Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.&#8221; James 4:17<br><br><strong><em>Loss of Testimony:<\/em><\/strong> &#8220;If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed.&#8221; John 8:31<br><br><strong><em>Loss of Fellowship<\/em><\/strong> (with God):<strong> <\/strong>&#8220;ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.&#8221; John 15:14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Bible Answers About Baptism,<\/em> Abb Thomas &#8211; copyright 1972, Chattanooga, TN, Used with permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Salvation: &#8220;When they believed&#8230;&#8230;they were baptized&#8230;.Acts 8:12 &#8220;And the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me from being baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest.&#8221; Acts 8:36-37 &#8220;Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=4106\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">When Should I Be Baptized?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4106"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4108,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4106\/revisions\/4108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}