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1 | Do you have to be baptized to be saved? | 1 Pet 3:21 | OTMan | 2565 | ||
Baptism is the act in which God meets you to fulfill all that He has promised you. There is nothing special or sacred about the water. The best way to understand this is to remember this phrase: We are saved by grace, through faith, at baptism. Many claim that those who believe in the necessity of baptism in salvation are stating that the water some how regenerates the individual. This is not true. It is the Spirit of God who acts upon the soul of man at baptism that regenerates the individual. To see a clearer picture of what the Bible says about baptism, please consult the following passages of Scripture: Matt 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16, John 3:3-5; Acts 2:38-39; Acts 22:16; Romans 6:3-4; I Cor. 12:13; Gal 3:26-27; Eph 5:25-27: Col 2:11-13; Titus 3:5; and I Peter 3:21. An excellant study book on the subject is "Baptism in the New Testament" by G.R. Beasley-Murray, who by the way is a Baptist scholar who looked beyond the traditions of his church and examined the truth of Scripture and recognized the necessity of baptism. | ||||||
2 | Baptism by w/o faith in BtismalSalvation | 1 Pet 3:21 | ChiefSinner | 5239 | ||
If you are bapized by an individual who does not believe in baptismal regeneration, but simply confessing "whith your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believing in your heart that God had raised Him from the dead," for salvation, assuming baptismal regeneration is Scriptural, will you be saved? | ||||||
3 | Baptism by w/o faith in BtismalSalvation | 1 Pet 3:21 | Hank | 5259 | ||
If I interpret your question properly, aren't you really asking, Who or what is the saving agent: the baptizer or the baptism? If that is the question, I would say neither. In the first place, what does the belief of someone else, the baptizer in this instance, have to do with your salvation? If my pastor believes that baptism is merely a way to get a free bath, or that Paul was a Portuguese pygmy, I can't see either of his views as affecting my salvation. In the first chapter of his Philippian letter, Paul endorses the preaching of Christ even by preachers who themselves may be envious, selfish, or insincere. The message is more important than the messenger. In the second place, does the act of baptism itself save? I hold that the Bible teaches that Jesus, not water, saves. If water saves, why would it have been necessary for Christ to suffer on the cross, shed His blood, and die? By grace are we saved through faith in Christ Jesus. There is a great deal of additional material on baptism posted elsewhere on this Forum. You might want to use the Search feature and enter "baptism" or "baptize" to read more. --Hank | ||||||