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1 | How do we get saved, by baptism? | Eph 2:8 | Tamara Brewington | 203718 | ||
What do you believe is the truth about how to get saved, do you believe that it is necessary to get baptized to get saved, or do you believe that salvation is granted as soon as you believe; base your answer on your assessment of Galatians 5:4, Romans 11:2,3, I Peter 1:4,5, Romans 8:37-39? | ||||||
2 | How do we get saved, by baptism? | Eph 2:8 | Hank | 203719 | ||
Hi, Tamara :: Thanks for your question and welcome to SBF. You asked, "How do we get saved, by baptism?" The Bible is very clear in its teaching that salvation is of God, wholly of God, from start to finish. It is never gained upon man's merit or his works. It is by God's grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. It is based not on what man can do but on what Christ did; upon the basis of His finished work on the cross, the merit of His shed blood. Scripture references: Ephesians 1:4-7; John 1:12; Ephesians 2:8-10; 1 Peter 1:18,19. --Hank | ||||||
3 | I agree Hank, but how do you reconcile? | Eph 2:8 | Tamara Brewington | 203720 | ||
I agree Hank,God bless you,but how would you reconcile the scriputres Galatians 5:4, Romans 11:2,3, I Peter 1:4,5, Romans 8:37,38? | ||||||
4 | I agree Hank, but how do you reconcile? | Eph 2:8 | jlhetrick | 203761 | ||
Tamara- welcome to the forum: A tip for forum use first if I may. Once your into a topic and responding to another make sure to click on "note" when responding. If you click on "question" when responding during an ongoing discussion (even if your going to be asking a question) your post shows up on the home page as if it's the beginning of a new topic. Hope that makes sense. To begin responding to your topic here I would like to point out what I view as a problem with the approach to your considering the topic or at least in how you requested the rest of us to consider it. Your original question asked responders to base our response on a handful of verses. In this post I'm responding to you use the word "reconcile". The answer to that is "context". We don't reconcile any point of doctrine by pointing to and keeping within a few verses whether they be together or scattered throughout. The reconciliation only happens as Scripture as a whole establishes the meaning of the verses at hand. As Hank pointed out; Salvation is wholly of God from start to finish. And while he did list a few verses for reference, a study of the Scriptures as a whole does fully establish this. Not to play on words, but we don't "get saved", we "are saved" by and only by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ. Finally, even that saving faith is not something we choose, accomplish, work for, etc. That very faith that saves us is totally from God. See Eph. 2:8. God bless, Jeff |
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