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1 | What does baptism consist? | 1 John 5:6 | arrow1 | 113617 | ||
Thanks for replying, Makarios You are completely missing the point. How could you possibly require the thief to be baptized when the Great Commission has not yet happened, and Jesus has not yet been resurrected. That makes no sense. Of course he had no chance to be baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, it had not yet been commanded. |
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2 | What does baptism consist? | 1 John 5:6 | Makarios | 113621 | ||
Also, You are the one that is mistaken. I do not "require" that the thief be baptized. That is my whole point : Baptism is not an essential to salvation. Makarios |
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3 | What does baptism consist? | 1 John 5:6 | arrow1 | 113627 | ||
Okay, we are not getting anywhere on that one. Maybe we can agree on this. According to the Great Commission, we are commanded to make disciples and to baptize them and teach them. Obviously, all Born Again Christians are to be baptized. If that is so, why is it that in every example of coversions in the NT, baptism followed preaching of the gospel immediately, it was never delayed. Today however most "Christians" are baptized months and years after their conversion. Why is that. Are they all taught improperly, are they lazy, are they embarrassed to acknowlegde God before men, are they afraid to get wet, why is it so acceptable today to casually put off something that was so obviously important in the early church? |
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4 | What does baptism consist? | 1 John 5:6 | Makarios | 113631 | ||
Greetings Arrow1, Salvation through Jesus Christ means to be saved from sin and death and hell unto righteousness and heaven and everlasting life. Salvation has past, present and future aspects: we are saved from the penalty of past sin through Christ's atoning death on the cross, from the power of sin through the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives right now, and ultimately from the very presence of sin when we are in heaven. This question was asked by the Philippian jailer in Acts 16:30, and was forthrightly and simply answered by the Apostle Paul when he said: "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved" (Acts 16:31). Jesus Himself said: "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life" (John 3:16, KJV). Therefore, personal faith in Jesus Christ as the Son of God and of His victorious death and resurrection is the means by which salvation is received. The substitutionary death of Christ for our sins is the basis on which God counts us as justified in saving us through faith, and this is demonstrated and guaranteed in the victorious bodily resurrection of Christ from the grave. But natural man is proud and tends to resist the idea that there is nothing he can do to save himself, and that he must trust in Jesus Christ to do it all. However: 1) A person cannot be saved by believing and practicing any religion he or she chooses (Acts 4:12). 2) A person is not saved by keeping God's laws, for there is no one who can keep His law perfectly (Galatians 3:10; Romans 3:10,23). 3) No one can be saved through doing good works. "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost" (Titus 3:5). 4) Baptism is not the means of salvation. Paul said: "For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel" (1 Cor. 1:17). The gospel, by definition, is the "good news" of Christ's atoning death and resurrection, and it is by believing the gospel, not by baptism, that men are saved (1 Cor. 15:1-4). The thief on the cross was saved, but never baptized (Luke 23:42,43). 5) We are not saved by joining a church. To the members of the church in Laodicea, for example, Christ said: "Because thou art lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth" (Revelation 3:16, KJV). It is extremely important to be baptized and do good works with the right motive. If the unsaved person does them to earn salvation, he is deceiving himself and "frustrating the grace of God" (Galatians 2:21, KJV). The true Christian does these and other good works out of love and gratitude to the Lord Jesus for saving him (2 Cor. 5:14,15). "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." (Ephesians 2:8-10, ESV) Blessings to you, Makarios |
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