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1 | Titus 3:5 and washing of regeneration | Titus 3:5 | Dalcent | 132305 | ||
It should be especially be noted in the conversation between Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch that he says, "Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?" as he chooses to enter into the Christian fold. Why not does he not get ‘led in the sinner's prayer’ to salvation. (Maybe one could do some research on the Ethiopian Orthodox Church’s 2,000 year doctrine of baptismal regeneration before they suggest I’m preaching novelty). Consider also the following verses: Gal 3:27 For all of you who were BAPTIZED into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 1 Cor 12:13 For by one Spirit we were all BAPTIZED into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. Col 2:12 having been buried with Him in BAPTISM, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. For anyone able to read the Bible in its plain sense, rather than through their preconceptions, it is obvious that Titus 3:5's 'bath of regeneration' is referring to the baptismal tank of regeneration. This is of course entirely consistent with the rest of the NT. Some will argue that aforementioned references to 'baptisms' are metaphors for regeneration through the born-again prayer. There is no excuse for this butchery of the plain sense of scripture. On the other hand, is the born-again prayer really truely biblical? Why is this prayer entirely absent from the Bible. There are loads of prayers in the Bible, such as the Lord’s Prayer; how can the prayer ostensibly needed to ‘save humanity’ be absent in a 1089 chapter book. Even the slimmest tract has a example prayer. Yet, God chose not to put one in His Bible because it isn’t how He intended the Christian to receive the New Birth. (Romans 10:8-10 IS NOT a prayer, and such a profession is entirely consistent with the faith verbalised and internalised accompanying Baptism). To Him Alone be the Glory |
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2 | Titus 3:5 and washing of regeneration | Titus 3:5 | Morant61 | 132316 | ||
Greetings Dalcent! You wrote: "For anyone able to read the Bible in its plain sense, rather than through their preconceptions, it is obvious that Titus 3:5's 'bath of regeneration' is referring to the baptismal tank of regeneration." My problem with this approach is that 'baptism' is not even mentioned in this verse. Are we to assume that any reference to 'washing' must refer to baptism? It is more likely, in my view, that 'washing' here refers to the cleansing of the flesh that takes place through regeneration. In fact, 1 Pet. 3:21 explicitly states that this is something water baptism does not do. Secondly, every reference to 'baptism' does not necessarily refer to 'water' baptism. There are other baptisms mentioned in Scripture. Of the three verses you cite (Gal. 3:27, 1 Cor. 12:13, and Col. 2:12), a strong case can be made that the first two do not refer to water baptism at all. Finally, there is one example of the sinner's prayer in the Bible. Luke 18:13 says, "But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’" :-) Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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3 | Titus 3:5 and washing of regeneration | Titus 3:5 | james210 | 132324 | ||
Another good example is Psalm 51. | ||||||
4 | Titus 3:5 and washing of regeneration | Titus 3:5 | Morant61 | 132328 | ||
Amen! Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |
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