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Baptism by death?
||September 04, 2007|1006 reads
 

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JJ
September 04, 2007
4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

Pat, I take the above verse to mean that there is only one type of Baptism.

I do however get what your saying. But I tend to think there is a difference between being martyred for your faith and "technically" being baptized which was a command from Jesus. I say that only because I believe the word Baptized means to be submerged and by context it was being submerged to show your faith as you said.  However, I do agree that your statement is correct and a person who sacrifices themsleves for there faith would be saved and his act would be a symbol of faith to his fellow Christians, but I am not sure if that act would be considered a "Baptism".  Thats just my 2 cents and it may not even be worth that much...
Interesting thoguhts though!
Cheers and God Bless

zachary snow
September 04, 2007

There is another ongoing discussion about baptism here that you might want to check out.

Samuel Martin
September 07, 2007
pat im not sure if you could be baptized by a bullet but the drowning theory could work if you proclaim your faith before dying. And being maytered for your faith isnt a baptism but an even stronger show of your faith
ali
September 07, 2007
well, the whole thing about Baptims being *just* a symbol is were many theologies clash...

but I would say there is such a thing as Baptism of desire and Baptism of Blood.
Anyone who desires to be Baptized but cannot (like dying beforehand or something like that) and anyone who dies for the faith without being properly "initiated" I would say receives the same Grace as being Baptized with water....

just my two cents :)