The Old Testament
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| Deuteronomy 6:6-7 |
And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart; you shall teach them to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
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| Psalm 127:3 |
Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord,
The fruit of the womb is His reward.
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| Psalm 91:11 |
He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.
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| Isaiah 1:16-18 |
Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes.
Cease to do evil, learn to do good....
Come now, and let us reason together....
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| Psalm 119:9,10 |
How can a young man cleanse his way?
By taking heed according to Your word.
With my whole heart I have sought You;
Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!
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| Ezekiel 36:25-27 |
I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean....
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you....
I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.
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| Psalm 86:11 |
Teach me Your way, O Lord;
I will walk in Your truth....
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The New Testament
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| Matthew 3:11 |
"I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire."
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| Mark 16:16 |
"He who believes and is baptized will be saved."
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| Revelation 22:4 |
"They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads."
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| John 3:5 |
"I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit."
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| Mark 10: 13,16 |
Then they brought young children to Him, that He might touch them.... And He took them up in His arms, put His hands on them, and blessed them.
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| Matthew 18: 10 |
"Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven."
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| Matthew 28: 19-20 |
"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you."
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| Revelation 1:5-6 |
To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood...be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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The Heavenly Doctrines
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| Baptism by John the Baptist |
| True Christian Religion 669 |
The way was prepared by the baptism of John, because by means of that baptism people were introduced into the future church of the Lord, and in heaven were inserted among those who were there looking for and longing for the Messiah.
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| Doctrine of the Lord 18:4 |
By "baptism" is meant spiritual washing.... |
| The Lord's Baptism |
| True Christian Religion 144 |
When Jesus was baptized, the heavens were opened and John saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove (Matt. 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:21; John 1:32, 33). This was because baptism stands for regeneration and cleansing, and so does a dove.
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Baptism Is an Introduction to the Church
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| True Christian Religion 721 |
[B]aptism is introduction into the church.... The Holy Supper is introduction into heaven.... These two sacraments, baptism and the Holy Supper, are like two gates to eternal life.
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| New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine 209 |
Baptism gives neither faith nor salvation, but testifies that faith and salvation will be received by those who are regenerated.
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| True Christian Religion 677:4 |
[John the Baptist] baptized in Jordan for the reason that entrance into the land of Canaan was through that river, and "the land of Canaan" symbolized the church, and so "the Jordan" symbolized introduction into the church. |
| see Arcana Coelestia 10390 |
A person may be baptized when he is a young child, or as an adult.
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| True Christian Religion 677:5 |
With baptism infants are introduced into the Christian heaven, and angels are there assigned them by the Lord, to take care of them.
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| see Heaven and Hell 329 |
No one has heaven or faith through baptism. And every little child, whether within the Church or outside it, whether of pious or impious parents, is received when he dies by the Lord and educated in heaven.
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The Church
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| New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrines 246 |
The church exists specifically where the Word is, and where the Lord is thereby known, and thus where Divine truths are revealed.
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| New Jerusalem and the Heavenly Doctrines 246 |
The Lord's Church is with all in the whole world who live in good according to their religious system. All who live in good - wherever they are - and acknowledge one God, are accepted by the Lord and come into heaven; for all who are in good acknowledge the Lord, because good is from the Lord, and the Lord is in good.
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