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1 | Baptism? | Luke 23:43 | garyw | 199064 | ||
Is it necessary to be baptized by water to be saved or can you be saved by believing in your heart and confessing with your lips that Jesus was the Son of God and died for our sins? | ||||||
2 | Baptism? | Luke 23:43 | Hank | 199073 | ||
garyw :: Welcome to Study Bible Forum. Your question is one of the most frequently asked on the Forum, so as a result there are many posts pertaining to it in the archives. Some reflect orthodoxy, others do not. You may wish to use Search to read some of them. Type in some key words such as baptize save. This will direct you quickly to many of those posts. ...... A brief note on your question pertaining to baptismal regeneration, viz., "is it necessary to be baptized by water to be saved?" -- Salvation is wholly of God by His grace. Its basis is on the redemption of Jesus Christ. It is solely on the merit of His shed blood on the cross and not in any respect on the basis of human merit or works. Short list of references: John 1:12; 3:16; Eph. 1:4-7; 2:8-10; 1 Pet. 1:18,19. ...... Scripture is very clear that justification is possible only by God's grace through faith in His Son, Jesus Christ. See John 3:16,36). Baptism is neither salvific nor contributes to salvation, but rather is the believer's witness to salvation and his testimony to the command of Christ (Matt. 28:19). --Hank | ||||||
3 | Baptism? | Luke 23:43 | justme | 199099 | ||
Hank (:-) I wonder sometimes is some ask the question about baptism being required for salvation, because they might be looking for a way out of being baptized. I personally question if a person says they are a believer, and have had enough time to have been baptized, and failed to follow the Lord in being baptized. Is it not a serious mistake for a new believer to see baptism as not required for outward proof that salvation has taken place? I in no way mean salvation by faith in Christ Jesus is incomplete. However, if there is no real desire to be baptized I wonder if the person has a flawed faith. I once shared Christ with a older woman who was dying of cancer. She prayed to make Jesus her Lord. She wanted to be baptized so badly she was willing to crawl into a baptistry or what ever it took to follow the example of her Lord. She was unable to even move from her bed due to the Iv's and other medical stuff. She begged and did not want to meet Jesus without being baptized. As a symbol of baptism I sprinkled her, and she passed on a very short time after being sprinkled. She was at peace, and I never thought I would ever sprinkle anyone for a substitute for being baptized. The point is this lady was willing to crawl if she could into a baptistry, and others won't even feel the slightest guilt. Well that's my two cents worth. justme |
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