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=The Scriptural Witness= | =The Scriptural Witness= | ||
Matthew 28:18-20 | |||
:''And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”<ref>New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), Mt 28:18–20.</ref> | |||
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:''Or do you not know that all of us who have been '''baptized into Christ Jesus''' have been baptized into His death?<ref>New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), Ro 6:3.</ref> | :''Or do you not know that all of us who have been '''baptized into Christ Jesus''' have been baptized into His death?<ref>New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (La Habra, CA: The Lockman Foundation, 1995), Ro 6:3.</ref> | ||
==What does the scriptural witness tell us?== | |||