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1 | Can we stop preaching baptism? | John 3:5 | NLightNMe | 54386 | ||
Mcgracer, you did make your statement more clear to me, I agree that we need to teach what baptism REALLY means. However, I still believe that baptism is necessary for salvation, Mark 16:16 and Acts 2:38 makes this very clear. I know that water baptism itself does not save us, but it is a means by which we shall be saved. I recognize that there is a spiritual baptism and a water baptism. It is clear that both are necessary. There were instances in the bible where men were already spiritually baptised and they were commanded to be water baptised (Acts 10:46-48). Why would they receive a commandment to be water baptised in the name of the Lord if it was just ok for them to be spiritually baptised? I believe that the two go hand in hand. | ||||||
2 | Can we stop preaching baptism? | John 3:5 | NLightNMe | 53479 | ||
You have brought out some good points. But, let me ask you this. If baptism is not necessary for salvation, then can preachers stop preaching baptism? Can we just repent, believe, and confess and do away with baptism? I understand that salvation is not brought through the actual immersion of water. I realize that it is a representation. Just as prayer, God knows our every needs and desires. He knows what we will pray for even before we pray. So, does that mean that we don't pray anymore. Instead, we just wait on God to send His blessings? God forbid, Praying is an act of faith. God wants us to openly come before Him and make our requests made known unto Him (Phillipians 4:6). God's word also says that if we ask we shall receive (John 16:24). So, by asking we show our faith that God will provide. Also, the comment about the shedding of blood, without it there is no forgiveness of sin. Of course not, I never denied this. My point was not to say that Baptism is the only means of salvation. I also, did not say that baptism was more than any other aspect of salvation. My point is that when we all have a commen goal, there is not one part of the means to obtain that goal that is any less important than the other (Romans 12:3-5). "Paul said that he came to preach the gospel, not to water baptize folks. This makes them mutually exclusive and demonstrates that while being baptized into Christ (what the Holy Spirit does) is part of salvation, water baptism (what man does) is not." The above quoted statement concers me. Paul did come to preach the gospel. What is the gospel? It is the death, burial, and ressurrection of Jesus Christ. What represents the gospel...baptism. So, even it Paul did not physically baptised people, he taught baptism. Further, you said that what the Holy Spirit does is necesarry for salvation, while what man does is not. Let me get this straight. One thing that we can agree on is that in order for salvation to take place one must repent, believe, and confess, right? So, does man repent, believe, and confess or does the Holy Spirit do this? Of course, Man. So, what man does is just as important as what the Holy Spirit does. If we did not do the work (Faith without works is dead), then we could not be blessed. God gave man his own free will. Therefore, we have to make the choice for salvation. This is done by openly displaying that we want it. The Holy Spirit will not come without this open display. So what man does and what the Holy Spirit does are both necessary for salvation, you can't have one without the other. You see, God used a man, Jesus, to bring forth salvation. What Jesus did, brought forth salvation, therefore, what we do will bring forth our own salvation. No, the water is not what cleanses us, but the act of faith by which we believe that we are buried with Christ pleases God. (Mark 16:16) states that He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. |
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3 | Why do people try to disprove baptism? | John 3:5 | NLightNMe | 53399 | ||
Why do people want to prove/disprove the importance of baptism. Some say that baptism is a requirement for salvation and some say that it is not. Jesus was baptised and he is our example. Why not seek baptism for the simple fact that salvation is important in order to please God and if it means being baptised then so be it? Being immersed in water by faith of redemption cannot kill you. It is to make us better. What is the big deal about trying to belittle baptism or try to prove that it is not necessary for going to heaven. If Jesus was baptised, then so should we as well as the Apostles. That is clear and it is mentioned several times in the New Testament. Whether we should get baptised is not the issue. How should we be baptised is the real issue at hand. Acts 2:38 states that we should be baptised in the name of Jesus. Bottom line. | ||||||
4 | Concerning the baptism topic.... | John 3:5 | NLightNMe | 53398 | ||
Why would Jesus specify that no one can enter into the Kingdom of God without being born physically? Isn't that obvious. What purpose would he have for stating that unless you are born or exist, then you can't see the Kingdom of God. That does not make sense to me. I believe that John 3:5 was referring to water baptism. The bible speaks on a new birth. That birth is the process by which we become dead to our sins through baptism (immersion, buried in water) and then when we are raised out of the water (ressurection) we are a new creature (2 Corinthians 5: 16-18). | ||||||
5 | Meaningless vs. vanity | Eccl 2:1 | NLightNMe | 53333 | ||
I'm not exactly sure why the NIV substituted the word "vanity" for "meaningless". However, the dictionary uses the word worthless as a definition for vanity. So maybe worthless can be translated to meaningless. Vanity is a term used to refer to temporal things that are of no spiritual profit. Such as materialism. I believe the translators of the NIV was trying to emphasize the fact that vanity or temporal things are of no spiritual profit, thus, are only of earthly good. Therefore, in the spiritual realm, they can be viewed as meaningless. | ||||||
6 | You are saved when you accept Christ . | John 3:5 | NLightNMe | 53331 | ||
So are you saying that baptism is not a requirement for salvation? You began by saying that we have to be baptised. But, you ended by saying that if we die without baptism, then we are saved from hell. You also said that we are already saved before baptism. So what is the significance of baptism? Also, the order according to Peter in Acts 2:38 states: repent, be baptised, and receive the Holy Spirit. It did not say repent,accept, baptise. Don't get me wrong, some people have received the Holy Spirit and were baptised afterwards. But, it was required that they be baptised. Romans 6:3-5 states that when we are buried (baptised, immersed) with Christ then we will also take part in his ressurrection. | ||||||
7 | Concerning the baptism topic.... | John 3:5 | NLightNMe | 53330 | ||
The only way we can bridge the gap between God and man is by receiving the Holy Spirit. We can not serve God pleasingly unless the flesh is dead and the Spirit lives within us (John 4:23-25 True worshippers are those that worship me in spirit and in truth). God is a spirit; the only way to reach him is through the spirit. The question is, how to receive the Holy Spirit. Peter answered this question in Acts 2:36-38. When the men asked, "What shall we do?" (Meaning what shall we do in order to be saved) Peter responded and said "Repent every one of you and be baptized in the name of Jesus and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit". Baptism is an integral part of salvation. It is a representation, through faith, by which we are buried with Christ, being dead to our sins and being cleansed.. If we be buried with Christ we will also be resurrected with Christ, just as Christ lives so shall we live also (Romans 6:3-5). | ||||||