Results 1 - 3 of 3
|
|
|||||
Results from: Answered Bible Questions, Answers, Unanswered Bible Questions, Notes Ordered by Verse | ||||||
Results | Verse | Author | ID# | |||
1 | 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! |
||||||
2 | Paul is commanded to wash away sins? | Acts 22:16 | disciplerami | 78077 | ||
Dear Joe, I have not said that baptism is a literal death, burial and resurrection: which if you follow your line of questioning implies. But God decided that at baptism we are united with Christ, buried with Christ (Romans 6:3-5; Colossians 2:12). That's not my opinion, that's what Paul says. The emblems of the Lord's Supper are symbols of something else. They are not the literal body and blood of Christ. But their is a difference between the Lord's Supper and the Baptism. Baptism is done only once and it is done for a specified reason: to wash away sins. The Lord's Supper is a memorial, a proclamation of the Lord's death until He returns. There is not specified 'forgiveness' attached to partaking of it (John 6, in my opinion isn't talking about the Lord's Supper). The purpose of the two are different. Good day Joe, Disciplerami |
||||||
3 | Paul is commanded to wash away sins? | Acts 22:16 | Reformer Joe | 78183 | ||
You wrote: "I have not said that baptism is a literal death, burial and resurrection" No, but you HAVE said that it is a literal washing away of sins, even in this post. Nothing in your post explains why when Jesus says, "This is my body," why we should not take it as anything but a literal explanation of what the elements are. I agree that the purpose of the two are different, but that doesn't change the fact that the Lord Himself described the things we eat and drink at His table as his body and blood. So, I repeat my question: why is baptism the same as washing away sins, but communion isn't the same as eating Jesus? --Joe! By the way, communion is more than a memorial (1 Corinthians 10:16). |
||||||