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1 | when a I saved and when baptised | Rom 10:9 | lu22256 | 189381 | ||
how do we know we have been saved and when wiil I know it's time to be baptised? | ||||||
2 | when a I saved and when baptised | Rom 10:9 | kalos | 189615 | ||
'Is baptism necessary for salvation? 'No. Let's examine what the Scriptures teach on this issue: (...) 'Paul never made baptism any part of his gospel presentations. In 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, Paul gives a concise summary of the gospel message he preached. There is no mention of baptism. In 1 Corinthians 1:17, Paul states that "Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel," thus clearly differentiating the gospel from baptism. That is difficult to understand if baptism is necessary for salvation. If baptism were part of the gospel itself, necessary for salvation, what good would it have done Paul to preach the gospel, but not baptize? No one would have been saved. Paul clearly understood baptism to be separate from the gospel, and hence in no way efficacious for salvation. (...) 'Since the general teaching of the Bible is, as we have seen, that baptism and other forms of ritual are not necessary for salvation, no individual passage [e.g. Acts 2:38] could teach otherwise...' To read more go to: www.gty.org/IssuesandAnswers/archive/baptism.htm 134844 |
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