Why Is Immersion (Dipping Under Water) Our Only Mode of Baptism at Crossroads?
Why Is Immersion (Dipping Under Water) Our Only Mode of Baptism at Crossroads? First, let’s start with the translators of the Bible. When they were translating from Greek to English, every once in a while they would transliterate a Greek word because there was not an English word to describe it. When transliteration took place in the translation process they would make a new English word based on the formation and sound of the Greek word at hand. The Greek word “Baptidzo” (to dip, bury, place under, or fully immerse) therefore became transliterated in the English to “baptize”. The Greek word for baptism was used when one took something and placed it into and fully under something else. For instance, women of the past had to dye their clothing to make it colorful. So to allow the whole garment to be fully dyed the garment had to be fully immersed in the colored water. Likewise, to be baptized in a church should still carry the definition of the word to dip, bury, place under, or t...