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1 | Is baptism for salvation? (Mark 16:16) | Mark 16:16 | Emmaus | 63314 | ||
biblesearcher, If you look to the upper right on your screen and see Quick Search, type in Mark 16:16 and click Search. It will give you every previous post on this verse. It will be more than you ever imagined or wanted to know on both sides of the question. Previous champions of both sides have worn out many a hammer on the anvil of this verse. Emmaus |
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2 | Is baptism for salvation? (Mark 16:16) | Mark 16:16 | Aixen7z4 | 99947 | ||
It is true. Look it up and you will find a long conversation, accusations, different opinions, and no agreement. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could come to a place like this and find an authoritative answer? Different verses seem to say different things. It would be nice if someone could give a comprehensive answer that takes all those verses into account, explaining them without explaining any of them away. But that means digging deep. And to dig deep means you have to leave family and denomination and even friends behind. Ask any miner. But that is hard to do, and it takes time. It’s taken me a long time to come to the conclusion that baptism should be embraced by anyone claiming faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. He wants to do it because his Lord did it. He wants to do it whether or not it is a part of the salvation plan. He figures (not to place a pun on the 1 Peter 3 passage) that it goes well with his profession of repentance. He has decided to give up his way for God's way. Now, if the Lord wants it, that is all that matters. Baptism is usually done when a person is newly saved. He realizes that there are so many things he does not understand. He is leading with his heart, if you will, not his head. He is trusting and not feeling; not intellectualizing either. If Jesus says do it, he’ll do it. If he refuses to do it, that is a bad sign. It does not bespeak a good conscience toward God. It is not something to debate about, he says, it something to be done, as soon as possible, because the Lord he loves desires it. There’s more to it, I’m sure, but it does take time to say it, and right now I do not have it because the next appointment calls. But if you need to be baptized, if you are saved, I trust you will have done it by the time that I get back. |
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3 | Is baptism for salvation? (Mark 16:16) | Mark 16:16 | Emmaus | 99955 | ||
Aixien, "It is true. Look it up and you will find a long conversation, accusations, different opinions, and no agreement. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could come to a place like this and find an authoritative answer?" Yes it would be. I count myself fortunate to have such a place in the teaching authoity of my Church. Th buck stops somewhere there and these type of thorny debates are eventually put to rest by an authoritative pronouncement. For example, on this forum there is a lot of debate about whether John 3:5 refers to baptism. For me it is a settled issue. That is one of maybe seven passages which my Church has declared difinitive authortative interpretation. A few others that I can immediately think of in the same category are the interetptation of John 6 with Luke 22:17-22, Mark 14:22-24, Matt26:26-28, 1 Cor 11:23-25 and James 5:14-15. Emmaus |
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4 | Is baptism for salvation? (Mark 16:16) | Mark 16:16 | Aixen7z4 | 99997 | ||
Brother Emmaus: There is some comfort for you in having that authoritative voice in the Catholic church. But you also wish it could be true for all of us together, in the catholic body, on this forum. Is that not true? Is it not possible? All of the verses you quoted are in all of our Bibles. And there are others as well. I therefore beseech you that we be all reconciled, to God. Maybe we can, in a place like this. | ||||||