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1 | What if you don't obey that command? | Rom 6:4 | Hank | 56404 | ||
Dear The Bible Is Right: "What if" questions always make me jittery, because they are usually somewhat hypothetical, and hypothetical questions don't invite concrete answers. Even so, I will rush in, this once, where neither angels nor wise men should tread, since I can lay no just claim to being either.... I have been a Christian for more than five decades and have known hundreds, perhaps thousands, of other Christian men and women and not once have I ever met a regenerate believer who did not obey the command to be baptized. Anyone who claims to be saved and continues to lead a life of sin and rebellion in open and willful disobedience to God's commands is a liar, a fake and a fraud. Now I don't believe for a moment in salvation by works -- salvation is an unmerited gift of God (grace) that is obtained through faith in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. But I do believe most definitely in the new birth [regeneration], and that that regeneration brings about a profound change in the life of the new believer, not the least of which is a yearning to please God by living a life of obedience to His will. Following your "what if" one step further: If a regenerate believer were unable to be baptized because, for instance, he dropped dead before he had the opportunity to be baptized, the regenerate believer, by definition, would be saved because of what Christ accomplished on the cross..... Again, let me emphasize: Baptism is a command and I would never attempt to detract in any way from its importance. But it is an act of obedience, not a fact of salvation. But an outright, willful refusal by one who claims to be saved to obey such a clear command as baptism is not the hallmark of a truly born-again believer. --Hank | ||||||
2 | What if you don't obey that command? | Rom 6:4 | The Bible is Right | 56542 | ||
Why did those in the first century get baptized the same hour that they believed, and baptism was commanded in Acts 10:48 all in the same hour. | ||||||
3 | What if you don't obey that command? | Rom 6:4 | Makarios | 56545 | ||
Greetings, "The Bible is Right", I'm not sure what exactly you mean by 'getting baptized in the same hour that they believed' or when you say "baptism was commanded in Acts 10:48 all in the same hour." Actually, Acts 10:48 says, [NASB] "And he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay on for a few days." I do not see anything in this verse that would lead us to believe that anyone was baptized in the same hour that a person first began to believe, or have faith, in Jesus Christ. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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4 | What if you don't obey that command? | Rom 6:4 | The Bible is Right | 56554 | ||
Acts 2:41 the three thousand in one day, chpt. 8:12,13,38;9:18;10:48;16:33;19:5. All of these in the same hour were baptized, and surely in the same day that they believed. | ||||||
5 | What if you don't obey that command? | Rom 6:4 | Makarios | 56557 | ||
Where, in the following verses that you have cited, does it say that believers were baptized in the same HOUR that they believed and had faith in Jesus Christ after receiving the Gospel message? Acts 2:41 "So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about 3,000 persons were added to them." [ISV] Acts 8:12-13 "But when Philip proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God and of the name of Jesus Christ, men and women believed and were baptized. Even Simon believed, and after he was baptized he became devoted to Philip. He was amazed to see the signs and great miracles that were happening." [ISV] Acts 8:38 "So he ordered the chariot to stop, and Philip and the eunuch both went down into the water, and Philip baptized him." [ISV] Acts 9:18 "All at once something like scales fell from his eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized," [ISV] Acts 10:48 "So he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for several days." [ISV] Acts 16:33 "At that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds. Then he and his entire family were baptized immediately." [ISV] Acts 19:5 "On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus." [ISV] The only possible argument for your case, in the verses that you have cited, is in Acts 16:33, where the jailer washed the wounds of Paul and Silas. And then, Paul and Silas baptized the jailer and his household immediately. If "immediately" means that Paul and Silas baptized the jailer and his household immediately after being washed by them, which happened AFTER they shared the message of Jesus Christ with them, then yes, it is quite possible that all of that may have occurred in one single hour, however unlikely that might be... But you still have no concrete Scriptural proof that supports your theory that everyone in the New Testament was baptized by water in the SAME HOUR that they received or believed in Jesus Christ. Scripture quotations were taken from the International Standard Version [ISV]. Blessings to you, Makarios |
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6 | What if you don't obey that command? | Rom 6:4 | The Bible is Right | 56563 | ||
Let me say this, no one waited more than two-or-three hours without being baptized into Christ. Try reading other translations and you will see my point. |
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7 | What if you don't obey that command? | Rom 6:4 | Hank | 56569 | ||
"The Bible Is Right" -- We seem to be hung up on this time frame thing regarding baptism, and I still can't figure out for the life of me what your point is. What is it? --Hank | ||||||
8 | What if you don't obey that command? | Rom 6:4 | The Bible is Right | 56640 | ||
Do we take this subject of baptism to lightly? | ||||||
9 | What if you don't obey that command? | Rom 6:4 | christian7 | 56642 | ||
I have read all of this branch... as I can see no one answering has admitted that they have not been baptised...all that I have noticed agree to be baptised...it is my own estimate that none of us have taken it to lightly as we want to do as the Lord wants us to do...and there has been 87 post in this discussion...do we take it to lightly?...my answer would be no...God Bless | ||||||