13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. 14 But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”. 15 Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.”. Then John consented. 16 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of
Bishop James Bell at the historic open air baptism service. Bishop James Bell followed in the footsteps of St Paulinus by wading into the cold waters of the River Swale to perform baptisms on Sunday. Eleven members of local churches were baptised in the chilly waters of the North Yorkshire river once known as the Holy River of St Paulinus.
As you know, the word “baptize” (baptizo) simply means to immerse. It could refer to any element. Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River and John baptized in the same River (Matthew 3:6, 13-17). But on the day of Pentecost, there would not have been any river nearby. Jerusalem had no major sources of water in itself.G# 'cause I don't ever wanna, I don't ever wanna be [Chorus] C# G# F# G# C# G# You don't wanna be just like you F# A Oh what I'm sayin' is C# G# F# G# This is the anthem, throw all your hands up, C# G# F# ( A#m) you don't wanna be you [Bridge] ( A#m) G# Shake it once, that's fine F# G# Shake it twice, that's okay A#m G# C# G# Shake it
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