In churches there is a lot of disputes over water baptism. Some sprinkle and some immerse. What does scripture say in this regard?
[Luke 7:24 KJV] "And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?"..........John water baptized by sprinkling water off of a water soaked reed. John would be hard pressed to immerse all of repentant Israel. There is a precedent in scripture of sprinkling........[Exodus 24:6 KJV] "And Moses took half of the blood, and put [it] in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar."
[Matthew 3:16 KJV] "And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:".........some justify water immersion based on this passage. Jesus "went up" out of the water verifies he was immersed in water. It could be that he was standing in the water when sprinkled by John, and never having been immersed, walked onto dry ground.
[Luke 7:24 KJV] "And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?"..........John water baptized by sprinkling water off of a water soaked reed. John would be hard pressed to immerse all of repentant Israel. There is a precedent in scripture of sprinkling........[Exodus 24:6 KJV] "And Moses took half of the blood, and put [it] in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar."
[Matthew 3:16 KJV] "And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:".........some justify water immersion based on this passage. Jesus "went up" out of the water verifies he was immersed in water. It could be that he was standing in the water when sprinkled by John, and never having been immersed, walked onto dry ground.
