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1 | Paul is commanded to wash away sins? | Acts 22:16 | disciplerami | 78011 | ||
Why is the first imperative, "be baptized," followed by a second, "wash away your sins," if baptism hasn't a thing to do with the removal of sins? Why does Saul still need to have his sins washed away? Is baptism connected to washing away of sins? Many who post on this forum say they are connected symbolically: but they only allow that baptism is done later to symbolize an earlier spiritual cleansing. But I wonder if they can explain why Ananias commands that Saul both, "be baptized" and "wash away thy sins"? Help me to understand this verse. |
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2 | Paul is commanded to wash away sins? | Acts 22:16 | disciplerami | 78015 | ||
Was Paul saved at the point of 'faith alone' or when 'calling on his name?' Believing must come first and calling on His name must follow. Are we saved when we believe or when we call, or as one person suggest, when we repent (as he argues a causal relationship between 'repentance' and 'remission of sins' in Acts 2:38)? I'm searching for answers. Thanks and good day, Disciplerami |
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3 | Paul is commanded to wash away sins? | Acts 22:16 | Reformer Joe | 78020 | ||
You are posting answers to your own questions, now? :) Baptism is indeed CONNECTED to washing away of sins. Baptism is not the same thing as having one's sins washed away. Let me ask you a question in return. Let's take the other ordinance established by Jesus for His church: the Lord's Supper. When Jesus says that the bread and the cup ARE His body and blood, does that make us cannibals every time we come to His table? If you take the act of baptism as the literal act of having one's sins washed away, it seems that it would be logical for you to conclude that the partaking of Communion is literally eating Jesus Christ. If you do not hold that to be true, please explain why the language surrounding the Lord's Supper is figurative or sacramental but the language surrounding baptism is not. Thanks! --Joe! |
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4 | Paul is commanded to wash away sins? | Acts 22:16 | CDBJ | 78025 | ||
Hi Joe.I think the real problem with some people is found within 1 Cor. 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. Some people are missing that which it takes to understand what is being told them, because their receiver isn't working right;the power hasn't been hooked up yet. CDBJ |
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