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1 | Do you have to be baptized to be saved? | Rom 6:3 | Hank | 15069 | ||
If water saves us, Jesus shed His blood on the cross needlessly. The clearest message in all of Scripture is that Jesus Christ shed His blood for the forgiveness of our sins. It is absolutely foundational to Christianity. To promote any other doctrine than that, to suggest any saving agent but the blood of Jesus Christ, to introduce any saving act or works that we can perform ourselves, is to deal in heresy. --Hank | ||||||
2 | Do you have to be baptized to be saved? | Rom 6:3 | arrow1 | 113431 | ||
Hank, I notice the verse you just quoted shed his blood "for the forgiveness of sins", compare it to Acts 2:38, "baptized for the forgiveness of sins". They are exactly the same phrase in English and in Greek(look in a greek bible). Water in and of itself without faith and repentance is useless. However baptism in his name is our response to the gospel. It is not a work of the law where we are trying to earn something, but an act of faith whereby we will receive something, namely forgiveness and the holy spirit. 1 Peter 3:21, it is the pledge of a good concience, and is effective because of the ressurection of Christ. You just said "to introduce any saving act or work we perform is heresy, well I guess then belief is a work, repenting is a work, the sinners prayer is a work. We are all simply saved by his blood alone, nothing we can do, I guess everyone is automatically saved. Why is it so hard to understand the concept "saved by grace thru faith at baptism" A gift is still a gift, even if you have to meet a certain condition to recieve it. |
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