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1 | when a I saved and when baptised | Rom 10:9 | BradK | 189614 | ||
Hi Steve, Your points are well-founded! Another observation is that of the apostle Paul. For him to pen roughly one-half the NT and yet neglect to point out or stress the necessity of Water Baptism for salvation, just does not logically follow. For instance, one of his clearest teachings on the "Gospel" is that found in 1 Cor. 15:1-4: "Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,..." If water baptism was (and is) a requirement for one's salvation, then Paul was neglectful in not mentioning it. I hardly believe the Holy Spirit-inspired scriptures would allow for such an oversight:-) I'm more convinced than ever that man is always want to "do" something for his salvation instead of resting in and accepting the completed work of Christ (Col.2:10) Speaking the Truth in Love, BradK |
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2 | when a I saved and when baptised | Rom 10:9 | humbledbyhisgrace | 189620 | ||
Brad, Yes! 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 is a profound passage! Amen! And those that fallow as well as they testify to the eye witnesses of our risen Saviour!!! And what do you make of this? Could we say Paul didn't make a practice of baptizing? 1 Corinthians 1:14-17 (NASB) 1:14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 1:15 so that no one would say you were baptized in my name. 1:16 Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any other. 1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void. And I agree with you regarding mankind! It is also an interesting thing to study what scripture teaches us about our corrupted nature and look at what we see from mankind, including ourselves of course! Just my opinion, but understanding the grace of God and our corrupted nature and seeing how mankind struggles so with a nature drawn to sin goes a long way in learning to hate sin. At least it does for me! Steve |
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