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Episode: ISBHPK ABQ - Why Water Baptism?
Description: Mark 1:8
I indeed have (f) baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
(f) He shows that all the power of baptism proceeds from Christ, who baptizes the inner man.Â
The account of the ministry of John the Baptist is the briefest in the Gospel of Mark. A few sentences only describe his testimony in the wilderness and his person. All the land of Judea and they of Jerusalem went out to him. The baptism of John in the river of Jordan was the outward sign of repentance. They confessed their sins. A comparison with t...