Danpersie31:

I seem to have this issue bothering me about baptism. After receiving Christ into your life its always expected that you undergo some training in order to keep you firm in the faith. But that's not the case here, I was baptized in 2012 at ECWA goodnews church in jos, and yesterday at our church team training at RCCG in Abuja, we were told that it was necessary that we all be baptized if we wanted to become a full member of the team.Despite the fact that I made it known that I was already baptized before, but due to the fact that it wasn't in RCCG I was told that I must be baptized again in RCCG, as it is the church's tradition. I have being disturbed ever since. Is that to say that the first baptism by the other church is being undermined?
Is baptism twice okay?

Run. You need what it really means to be baptized. If you know, nobody can confuse you and be made to be baptized the second time.

Danpersie31:

I seem to have this issue bothering me about baptism. After receiving Christ into your life its always expected that you undergo some training in order to keep you firm in the faith. But that's not the case here, I was baptized in 2012 at ECWA goodnews church in jos, and yesterday at our church team training at RCCG in Abuja, we were told that it was necessary that we all be baptized if we wanted to become a full member of the team.Despite the fact that I made it known that I was already baptized before, but due to the fact that it wasn't in RCCG I was told that I must be baptized again in RCCG, as it is the church's tradition. I have being disturbed ever since. Is that to say that the first baptism by the other church is being undermined?
Is baptism twice okay?

If the first baptism is by immersion.. ..you are ok

johnp2:
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What is he saying?

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what is he hearing?

Does baptism guaranty heaven No ! For it is written without holiness no man shall see The Lord ! Wat is the essence of baptism if u are not holy and living a rightoues life ? We must worship God in trust and in spirit . Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law , he is the gateway to our salvation.

There is no scriptural backing to Baptizing twice by immersion as long as the first baptism was rightly done. Even after the first baptism when you fall, the solution is to go restitution and not a second baptism.

second baptism when the first one was rightly done is a tradition of men and church.

let me give two instance where the first baptism by immersion may not be rightly done.

1.ignorance of the person. A woman once told me that her first day of attending a certain church, the pastor told her to come back to the church later in the evening for baptism since that Sunday was there baptismal day. The woman went and was baptized. she claimed that as at then she was not even born again and had no idea of what baptism meant.

2. The baptism was done by an obvious con artist in the pulpit. meaning that the person has no right to conduct a baptism. An unbeliever cannot conduct baptism.

u don't have to be baptized twice.. it isn't recorded anywhere in the bible. Baptism is a vow that u accepting the christian faith. If u struggling with keeping a high spiritual standard, u could ask God for help on prayer. People take the prayer of forgiveness for granted because they can pray any day... Let's not rubbish baptism

the most important tin is that u ave done it before, so no need again since u did it by immersion..jesus only did it once not twice

hopefulLandlord:

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what is he hearing?

It seems He is thinking with the second part of his brain

LEOSIRSIR:
am waiting for answers too, same thing am facing here.

hw did u baptize first?? is it by immersion?

doyinbaby:
After genuine salvation,,,next is baptism by immersion(which should be once).....however when you join another church they may insist you baptize again (this is not necessary the body of Christ is one).....however you can just rebaptize just to fulfill all righteousness just for the sake of maybe becoming a full member,joining work force etc.....As the new church may insist you rebaptise ...one will just rebaptize to please the new church.....but really only one baptism is needed in the whole life time of a Christian

that is you guys don't trust each others authenticity.

Did

Christianity has suffered. No thanks to the protestants

In my opinion, baptism isn't just the act. I think the mistake we make is attributing so much to the act of baptism, immersion, sprinking of water, infant baptism, that we forget the conviction should be more important. Why do you want to get baptised? What reason do you choose to do this? The act of baptism is symbolic of the conviction in your heart. If a person decides to get baptised again, after previously being baptised as an infant, that makes sense because infants do not have the conviction and haven't chosen to get baptised. Being made to or being forced by human obligations to get another baptism, takes away from the conviction to have that fellowship with God. You're literally doing it because man asked you to. Because of rules by certain churches. Christ didn't die twice and resurrect twice(because some church elders didn't really witness the first one). He died once, rose from the dead once and it was and still is enough. The church takes a lot of pleasure in making their rules and laws, the word of God. Mark 8:9-15. At the end of the day, God wouldn't judge anyone based on the church you attended or what you did at the church. He'll judge you based on your heart, which he sees like the palm of his hands. What was your reason for this or that? Did you do it because everyone was doing it or because you felt lead by God to? I'd say to the op, ask God, yourself. If he tells you to, then go ahead.

Danpersie31:

I seem to have this issue bothering me about baptism. After receiving Christ into your life its always expected that you undergo some training in order to keep you firm in the faith. But that's not the case here, I was baptized in 2012 at ECWA goodnews church in jos, and yesterday at our church team training at RCCG in Abuja, we were told that it was necessary that we all be baptized if we wanted to become a full member of the team.Despite the fact that I made it known that I was already baptized before, but due to the fact that it wasn't in RCCG I was told that I must be baptized again in RCCG, as it is the church's tradition. I have being disturbed ever since. Is that to say that the first baptism by the other church is being undermined?
Is baptism twice okay?

Were you genuinely saved b4 the baptism?If you were not,then it might just be a mere bath.
Did you backslide and go into sin after the baptism?

sharpwriter:
It isn't right.... baptism signifies, you died with Christ nd you rose with him.... Should people die twice? That's why I don't support Baptismal certificate tinz.... why must you get certifiate because of a spiritual action... why must you attend another church and the church request you do another baptism before joining the workers... all these things are man made doctrines nd ignorance, hence, we complicate things. The body of Christ is one nd we have one God and father of all . Ephesians 4. As long as you have done baptism by immersion once, don't do another. It shows you know what you're doing and you have faith In God nd you can't be tossed to and fro by every stupid wind of doctrine. Shalom.

God bless you Bro. Imagine, all the comments that I've read so far seems to be okay with it just because they were told to do it and that's the problem with us. Doctrine has killed us here! I attend RCCG and I was forced to do mine twice which I totally refused. I asked them to show me where it was written in the bible that I have to do it twice, all they did was to give "personal reasons" why I should do it. At a point, I tot most churches were against infant baptism, but I realised some peeps that did baptism by immersion in other church were also advised to do another one to become a full certified member. Seriously, doctrine has failed us thats why we are the most religious country in the world today yet, it doesn't even reflect in the way we live. Look at all the evil happening in the country today. We are so blind when it comes to church matters, I feel pity for us and the younger generation.

hopefulLandlord:
if you think Christianity is not a confusing mishmash kindly read on

Let's ask Christian sects how to define Actual Christianity:

Methodist: It is accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior and publicly sharing that acceptance by getting baptized through sprinkling of water.

Baptist: No, no, no -- you must be DUNKED in water, heathen.

Pentecostal: Yer both wrong -- ye must be baptized by the Holy Spirit and ye must speak in tongues to prove you are saved.

Lutherans: You don't need to do any of that. Our founder said just believe and have faith (oh yeah and he REALLY hated Jews).

Presbyterian: How droll -- lol. No no..you see it does not matter what you do or do not, God has already decided who the true Christians will be and they are obviously all Presbyterians.

Episcopalians: Well, we each get to decide what constitutes Christianity. What is in your heart? What do you think it is for you? What say you, Bishop Spong?

Church of Christ: None of you are going to heaven because you use musical instruments in your services and God hates that.

Jehovah's Witness: Something Something Kingdom Hall; something something no birthdays, several End Times falsely predicted, no blood transfusions,,,,

Seventh Day Adventist: Pah! None of you even have the right day.

United Church of Christ: It's all good; let's listen to an acoustic guitar solo and accept gay people.

Non-denominational: Gay people? ewww. No no, ye must build megachurches with gyms and cafes to be righteous to god.

Catholic: Ummm....oldest sect here, guys. Forget that "accepting Jesus" stuff. You must mediate with God via a priest and eat crackers to get saved (just do not leave your kids alone with said priests, OK?). Oh yeah..and Virgin Mary is way cool.

Church of England: Yeah, what the Catholic said...but divorce is 100% OK.
Unitarian Universalists: Why are you guys even trying to define Christianity? All beliefs are the same (whoops.we aint even Christians).

And you think you've made sense by typing all these piss. High time you format your memory card of a brain.

goodheart02:



And you think you've made sense by typing all these piss. High time you format your memory card of a brain.

I'm better and too experienced to throw insults at people

hopefulLandlord:
if you think Christianity is not a confusing mishmash kindly read on

Let's ask Christian sects how to define Actual Christianity:

Methodist: It is accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior and publicly sharing that acceptance by getting baptized through sprinkling of water.

Baptist: No, no, no -- you must be DUNKED in water, heathen.

Pentecostal: Yer both wrong -- ye must be baptized by the Holy Spirit and ye must speak in tongues to prove you are saved.

Lutherans: You don't need to do any of that. Our founder said just believe and have faith (oh yeah and he REALLY hated Jews).

Presbyterian: How droll -- lol. No no..you see it does not matter what you do or do not, God has already decided who the true Christians will be and they are obviously all Presbyterians.

Episcopalians: Well, we each get to decide what constitutes Christianity. What is in your heart? What do you think it is for you? What say you, Bishop Spong?

Church of Christ: None of you are going to heaven because you use musical instruments in your services and God hates that.

Jehovah's Witness: Something Something Kingdom Hall; something something no birthdays, several End Times falsely predicted, no blood transfusions,,,,

Seventh Day Adventist: Pah! None of you even have the right day.

United Church of Christ: It's all good; let's listen to an acoustic guitar solo and accept gay people.

Non-denominational: Gay people? ewww. No no, ye must build megachurches with gyms and cafes to be righteous to god.

Catholic: Ummm....oldest sect here, guys. Forget that "accepting Jesus" stuff. You must mediate with God via a priest and eat crackers to get saved (just do not leave your kids alone with said priests, OK?). Oh yeah..and Virgin Mary is way cool.

Church of England: Yeah, what the Catholic said...but divorce is 100% OK.
Unitarian Universalists: Why are you guys even trying to define Christianity? All beliefs are the same (whoops.we aint even Christians).

What more can i say,ikwuchago everything.

Langbasa:
What more can i say,ikwuchago everything.

sir, what does ikwuchago mean?

If you don't want to be baptized into a denomination, leave them and go. Don't start telling them how what they are doing is not good. They want uniformity among their members. Baptism is initiation ceremony.

hopefulLandlord:

sir, what does ikwuchago mean?

it means ''U'VE SAID IT ALL''.

Langbasa:
What more can i say,ikwuchago everything.

"I kwuchago" means "You have completely spoken".

Yes by immersion, and the new church am here said I will need to be rebaptised since I wasn't attending the church before.

emmaitive:
hw did u baptize first?? is it by immersion?

muyoge:



Were you genuinely saved b4 the baptism?If you were not,then it might just be a mere bath.
Did you backslide and go into sin after the baptism?

its not DAT backslide, its becos its a criteria DAT we must do irrespective of if u did it b4 in any church apart 4rm RCCG .we ve to do it to join d team

Baptism Is Done once after repentance. RCCG doctrine of multiple baptism is unscriptural just as forcing people to undergo membership class after believers class.
This Causes division and makes the church look like a cult

The question is ; if you don't even baptize with water does it disqualify you from making Heaven ?

Matt 3:11

11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
KJV


This matter tire me self

This is a normal thing in RCCG. The reason for this is just because of trust issue. There have been a lot of people that have lied about their baptismal status that is why it is compulsory for anyone who want to go for ordination 'only' to have an RCCG baptismal certificate. It is not compulsory for a member to do it again if you are sure that the one you did was by immersion. But if you need to go for ordination, then there is no compromise.

Danpersie31:

I seem to have this issue bothering me about baptism. After receiving Christ into your life its always expected that you undergo some training in order to keep you firm in the faith. But that's not the case here, I was baptized in 2012 at ECWA goodnews church in jos, and yesterday at our church team training at RCCG in Abuja, we were told that it was necessary that we all be baptized if we wanted to become a full member of the team.Despite the fact that I made it known that I was already baptized before, but due to the fact that it wasn't in RCCG I was told that I must be baptized again in RCCG, as it is the church's tradition. I have being disturbed ever since. Is that to say that the first baptism by the other church is being undermined?
Is baptism twice okay?

Redeem is observing a law made by Man adeboye and not the law made by God in the Bible. They are hypocrites. I can't be deceived again. I got Christ

RCCG don't do such unless you were not properly baptized in your former church e.g a former Catholic.

I had same experience with Living faith church wen I was prepping for my wedding years back.. they insisted I repeat what I had done I. deeper life when I was a teenager with no scriptural or logical explanation. NA so I run go do my wedding for my hubby's church (Ang). No regrets watsover.. I rily do not understand why d body of Christ (Church) is so divided.

Gabrendo:
Baptism pass baptism nah. Hahahsha. Baptizing with water is merely symbolic. Your true fellowship and commitment to God's word overrides all. I don't know why they emphasize so much on formality. Just do it nah it will symbolize that you are now A certified RCCG member.

## Where is my Bible? Lemme look-up that chapter where Jesus had His second baptism. I'll be back shortly ##