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What part of the conversion process follows true repentance?
"Then Peter said to them, 'Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit'" (Acts 2:38).
"And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord" (Acts 22:16).
It is through baptism that we formally make our commitment to permanently turn from sin and surrender our lives to God.
Did Jesus and the apostles baptize the repentant?
"Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John ..., He left Judea and departed again to Galilee" (John 4:1-3).
"And many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized" (Acts 18:8).
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