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1 | Why do so few Scriptures mention baptism | Matt 7:13 | melchizedekau | 8867 | ||
Hello Tim what i dont understand is that. i know it is by grace we are saved not of works... and we are saved by faith in Christ. why did Jesus say we had to be born of water and Spirit. and works and faith are dead without each other and the chuch was commanded YES commanded to be baptised into the death and resurection of Jesus for the repentance of sins. we have to follow Jesus in obedience .YIC | ||||||
2 | Why do so few Scriptures mention baptism | Matt 7:13 | Hank | 8875 | ||
Tim, I believe that much of the confusion and misinterpretation about baptism being essential for salvation finds its genesis in our human tendency to think that we must "do something" to earn our salvation. We are conditioned to think that we receive nothing, materially or spiritually, unless we work for it and earn it. God's grace in granting us salvation is not a payday we receive for being good or doing good deeds. We somehow feel that in carrying out the commandment to be baptized we have, in some measure, done something toward securing our salvation, when in fact baptism is the result of, the outward manifestation of, our salvation, not the cause of it. The Scriptures show this and teach it clearly, as you have amply demonstrated. --Hank | ||||||