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1 | Must we be Baptized to enter Heaven | John 4:14 | Larry Leslie | 102931 | ||
He said we must be born of water and the Spirit. | ||||||
2 | Must we be Baptized to enter Heaven | John 4:14 | khuck | 102956 | ||
Jamieson, Fausset, Brown commentary: Of water and of the Spirit--A twofold explanation of the "new birth," so startling to Nicodemus. To a Jewish ecclesiastic, so familiar with the symbolical application of water, in every variety of way and form of expression, this language was fitted to show that the thing intended was no other than a thorough spiritual purification by the operation of the Holy Ghost. Indeed, element of water and operation of the Spirit are brought together in a glorious evangelical prediction of Ezekiel (Ezekiel 36:25-27), which Nicodemus might have been reminded of had such spiritualities not been almost lost in the reigning formalism. Already had the symbol of water been embodied in an initiatory ordinance, in the baptism of the Jewish expectants of Messiah by the Baptist, not to speak of the baptism of Gentile proselytes before that; and in the Christian Church it was soon to become the great visible door of entrance into "the kingdom of God," the reality being the sole work of the Holy Ghost (Titus 3:5). John gil: except a man be born of water and of the Spirit: these are, (twnv) (twlm) , "two words", which express the same thing, as Kimchi observes in many places in his commentaries, and signify the grace of the Spirit of God. The Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions read, "the Holy Spirit", and so Nonnus; and who doubtless is intended: by "water", is not meant material water, or baptismal water; for water baptism is never expressed by water only, without some additional word, which shows, that the ordinance of water baptism is intended: nor has baptism any regenerating influence in it; The baptism that John gave it is not necessary to the kingdom of heaven, or to eternal life and salvation: such a mistaken sense of this text, seems to have given the first birth and rise to infant baptism in the some churches; who taking the words in this bad sense, concluded their children must be baptized, or they could not be saved; whereas by "water" is meant, in a figurative and metaphorical sense, the grace of God, as it is elsewhere; see (Ezekiel 36:25) (John 4:14) . Which is the moving cause of this new birth, and according to which God begets men again to, a lively hope, and that by which it is effected; for it is by the grace of God, and not by the power of man's free will, that any are regenerated, or made new creatures; very pertinently does our Lord make mention of water, it being his own element: regeneration is sometimes ascribed to: to God the Father, as in (1 Peter 1:3) (James 1:18) , to God the Son, (1 John 2:29) and here (John 3:5) to God the Spirit, as in (Titus 3:5) , who convinces of sin, sanctifies, renews, works faith, and every other grace; begins and carries on the work of grace, unto perfection; |
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3 | Must we be Baptized to enter Heaven | John 4:14 | Larry Leslie | 102969 | ||
I know that I want to do what God wants me to do so I was immersed in water to fulfill His desire for my life. To not do so would be saying that I don't need to do things God's way; but whatever I thought was ok would be right with Him. He is Sovereign so who am I to say that His ways are not right? | ||||||
4 | Must we be Baptized to enter Heaven | John 4:14 | khuck | 102984 | ||
Hi Larry, I do not reject water baptism. Like you, I was baptized also by water submersion, to symbolize going to the grave and rising again in Christ. I find nothing wrong with this. Yet I am just acknowledging that this is an act of obedience on "my part". Spiritual Baptisim is an act of the Spirit and can not be given to a person, by the act of another person. John baptized with natural water, but he could not give the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. God's Peace be upon us -khuck |
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