Subject: Holy Spirit without evidence of tongues? |
Bible Note: DLD, what if it is an utter impossibility for a person to be water baptized? Lets say that I am in an orbit around the Earth and through reading a Bible, that a fellow astronaut has, that I truly believe in Jesus Christ, that He died for all my sins. I tell God in a little prayer that I believe in His Son Jesus. That from now on I will turn from my past way and receive Jesus as my Lord and Savior. The problem is that there isn't enough water hardly to drink, much less be baptized. It so happens that the ship burns up the next day while trying to get back to Earth. Now where do I go, heaven or hell? If you would like there are many other examples that one could site, like being in the World trade center on a coffee break reading a Bible at eight in the morning and believing in Christ. Through out the book of John, God promises eternal life, to those who will trust His Son. He does not mention that they should be water baptized before during or after. I know that the other verses are in the Bible, but have you ever heard of a parenthetical phrase. There is a good example in Mark 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. The baptizing didn't have anything to do with it. I told my son, when he was young, that if he ate good healthy foods that some day, when he got on the scales, he would weigh 200 lbs. Now if you don't know what a parenthetical phrase is, you would try to convince my son that getting on the scales, along with the food would make him weigh 200 Lb. He would be 200 lbs. even if he didn't get on the scales. The big problem is that the consequences of adding something that you can do, water baptism, to the work that God did through His son, can have disastrous effect on ones future. In effect if I were to take this position, I would be telling Jesus that His work on the cross wasn't enough, I would like to add a little something that I can do, so that I deserve a little credit. Friend I tell you this in love, be very careful about doing anything other then trusting in Jesus; God is not impressed with anything we do, He is only impressed with what His Son did! If you want eternal life, the Bible says to trust in Jesus and this has to be 100 percent for salvation. I have been baptized in water, but not for the reason that you say the Bible is expressing. If you don't believe this you better study John 20:30,31 because I am not able to reveal it to you. In Him, CDBJ |