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1 | What's the plan? | Matt 7:13 | ezekiel | 8395 | ||
Nolan: I just got through checking your website out. I must say I'm impressed. But I didn't see anything mentioned about baptism. Don't you have to be baptized to be saved? | ||||||
2 | What's the plan? | Matt 7:13 | kalos | 8398 | ||
Question: Don't you have to be baptized to be saved? Answer: No. |
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3 | Please explain | Matt 7:13 | ezekiel | 8446 | ||
OK. You tell me that I don't have to be baptized What's this I read in John 3:5 When Jesus says ye must be born again. Ye must be born of the water and of the Spirit. Otherwise ye cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. Thay kinda looks like baptism is pretty imporant stuff. Please Explain. ezekiel |
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4 | Please explain | Matt 7:13 | Hank | 8453 | ||
Well, ezekiel, baptism is as you say, pretty important stuff, but Jesus was not referring to water baptism in his discourse with Nicodemus in the third chapter of John. He was talking about the need for cleansing, and water was commonly used in the Old Testament -- and in Jesus' time -- in just such a figurative sense as Jesus is using it here. Jesus was a Jew speaking to Nicodemus, who was a Jew par excellence, being a member of the distinguished Sanhedrin. Both Jesus and Nicodemus would obviously be quite familiar with the Jewish idiomatic sense of "water" in this context to be a reference to renewal or spiritual cleansing, especially when He used the word "water" in close juxtaposition with the word "Spirit." Here are some verses to support this exegesis: Ezek.36:24-27; Joel 20:28-29; Num.19:17-19; Is.32:15; Jer. 2:31; Ps. 51:9-10; Is. 44:3-5 and 55:1-3. --Hank | ||||||
5 | Please explain | Matt 7:13 | sharp | 8456 | ||
Yes born of water in John 3:5 is water baptism. Any doubt that baptism is connected to spiritual cleaning is answered by Paul's testamony in Acts 22:16 "And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord." sharp |
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6 | Please explain | Matt 7:13 | Hank | 8459 | ||
Sharp "Grammatically this phrase 'calling on the name of the Lord' precedes 'arise and be baptized.' Salvation comes from calling on the name of the Lord (Rom. 10:9, 10, 13), not from being baptized." --John MacArthur. If you will take the time to track down the references I cited in the answer to which you have so swiftly responded, you may find that the exegesis I gave is right. --Hank | ||||||
7 | Please explain | Matt 7:13 | ezekiel | 8465 | ||
"BOY YOU GUYS REALLY HAVE GOT ME LOOKING" But what about Eph:4:5,Acts 2:38,Acts 19:5-6 Rom:6:4. Now it looks to me like this baptism stuff involves the name of Jesus Christ that's what I'm reading in this KJV. Are I doing alright sofar? |
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8 | Please explain | Matt 7:13 | Hank | 8477 | ||
Dear ezekiel: You asked for my feedback on, I assume, Eph. 4:5; Acts 2:38; Acts 19:5-6 and Rom.6:4 on how these passages pertain to "this baptism stuff" (your phraseology is colorful!) involving the name of Jesus Christ....... You say,"Now it looks to me like this baptism stuff involves the name of Jesus Christ, that's what I'm reading in this KJV. Am I doing it all right so far?" .....Ezekiel, both you and the KJV seem to be doing just fine. If you were an archer, I'd said you hit the bull's eye dead center. --Hank | ||||||
9 | Origins of baptism.... | Matt 7:13 | userdoe215 | 8481 | ||
Hank,Mark, etc.: because Jesus was baptized, baptism was already instituted. What were the origins of Baptism? Did it START with John (ref: "the baptism of John...et al.) or was it a Hebrew tradition at the time? | ||||||
10 | Origins of baptism.... | Matt 7:13 | Hank | 8485 | ||
As with most Christian practices and beliefs, the background of baptism lies in practices of the Jewish community. The Greek word baptizo "immerse, dip, submerge" is used metaphorically in Isaiah 21:4 (Greek Septuagint) to mean "go down, perish" and in 2 Kings 5:14 for Naaman's dipping in the Jordan river seven times for cleansing from his skin disease. At some point close to the time of Jesus, Judaism began a heavy emphasis on ritual washings to cleanse from impurity. This goes back to priestly baths prior to offering sacrifices (Lev.16:4-24). Probably shortly before the time of Jesus, Jews began baptizing Gentile converts, though circumcision still remained the primary entrace rite into Judaism. --Excerpted in part from Holman Bible Dictionary. --Hank | ||||||
11 | Origins of baptism.... | Matt 7:13 | userdoe215 | 8505 | ||
Hank, thank you for the timely information. It was one of those questions that sat dusty in the reliquary of my mind. So should I speculate whether it was an institution established by our Lord for the time of His coming or was it used by God in the context of the culture? Blessings! |
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