... is not a ritual. The baptism of water is an act of obedience that follows conversion to symbolically portray the washing away of sins (Brown). Peter confirms that this washing of regeneration involves baptism declaring, -...baptism now save you--not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an ... nor a physical cleansing of the flesh, but a cleansing of the conscience (Smithson). Water baptism does not bring salvation. Salvation inspires the practice of baptism (Brown). Peter clearly stated this when he said, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized - (Acts 2:38). The act of being ba...

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... the color of a bold baby blue. There is a three-foot border that is shoulder length when you are standing. This shoulder high boarder is a mosaic of colors mostly gold, light brown, rose, and blue and shades of gray. The are crosses station on the walls every ten feet all around the church. The church Is the biggest I have been in. the ... the walls. In the center of the ceiling there is a huge painting that is the stairway to heaven. I found out that the paintings on the ceiling is a mural of Jesus, Peter, Gabriel and all the other angles that meet you at the gates of haven. The one st...

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