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Results from: Answers On or After: Thu 12/31/70 Author: OTMan Ordered by Date |
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1 | What about the thief on the cross? | 1 Pet 3:21 | OTMan | 5345 | ||
The thief on the cross was pre-Pentecost, therefore, he was not part of the New Testament plan of salvation. | ||||||
2 | Baptism by w/o faith in BtismalSalvation | 1 Pet 3:21 | OTMan | 5344 | ||
Yes, I believe so on the basis of God's faithfulness. So many issues are discussed from the viewpoint of man, instead of God's viewpoint. The God we love and serve is a faithful God and when we respond to Him in the way He has designed, He is faithful to do all that He has promised. By the way, I do not believe in baptismal regeneration, I believe we are regenerated by the Holy Spirit at baptism. There is nothing special about the water. Baptism is simply the place God says he will meet us to accompish all the things He promised us He would do. | ||||||
3 | 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. | ||||||