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NASB | Matthew 22:37 And He said to him, "'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 22:37 And Jesus replied to him, " 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' [Deut 6:5] |
Subject: What do Catholics teach about salvation? |
Bible Note: But wouldn't it always refer to immersion? In 1 Peter 3:20, Peter reminds his audience of Noah by saying, "...in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water." He then says that there is an antitype which now saves us, namely baptism (immersion). What is an antitype? Dictionary.com defines it as, "One that is foreshadowed by or identified with an earlier symbol or type, such as a figure in the New Testament who has a counterpart in the Old Testament." and "a person or thing represented or foreshadowed by a type or symbol; especially a figure in the Old Testament having a counterpart in the New Testament." So what we have is Noah and his seven relatives being saved by water, as now we are saved by water. Baptism (immersion) in water for the remission of sin puts us in touch with the death of Christ. Romans 6:4, "Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life." (Note: this passage in Romans also refutes sprinkling or pouring as a means of being baptized. We must be buried, immersed!) Baptism (immersion) in water is not for the purpose of cleaning our flesh but of cleaning our conscience from the sin we have realized we are guilty of. Peter IS referring to water baptism (immersion) here. |