Sprinkle Or Immersion?
>
> One Sunday, the minister was giving a sermon on baptism
and in the =
> course of=20
> his sermon he was illustrating the fact that baptism
should take place =
> by=20
> sprinkling and not by immersion.
>
> He pointed out some instances in the Bible. He said that
when John the
> Baptist baptized Jesus in the River Jordan, it didn't
mean "in" - it =
> meant=20
> close to, round about, or nearby.
>
> And again when it says in the Bible that Phillip baptized
the eunuch =
> in the=20
> river, it didn't mean "in" - it meant close to, round
about, or =
> nearby.
>
> After the service, a man came up to the minister and
told him it was a =
> great=20
> sermon, one of the best he had ever heard, and that it
had cleared up =
> a=20
> great many mysteries he had encountered in the Bible.
>
> "For instance," he said, "the story about Jonah getting
swallowed by =
> the=20
> whale has always bothered me. Now I know that Jonah wasn't
really in =
> the=20
> whale, but close to, round about, or nearby, swimming
in the water.
>
> Then there is the story about the three young Hebrew
boys who were =
> thrown=20
> into the fiery furnace, but were not burned. Now I see
that they were =
> not=20
> really in the fire, just close to, round about, or nearby,
just =
> keeping=20
> warm.
>
> But the hardest of all the stories for me to believe
has always been =
> the=20
> story of Daniel getting thrown into the lions' den. But
now I see that =
> he=20
> wasn't really in the lions' den, but close to, round
about, or nearby, =
> like=20
> at the zoo.
>
> "The revealing of these mysteries has been a real comfort
to me =
> because I am=20
> a wicked man."
>
> "Now I am gratified to know that I won't be in Hell,
but close to, =
> round=20
> about, or nearby."
