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NASB | John 3:5 Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:5 Jesus answered, "I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot [ever] enter the kingdom of God. [Ezek 36:25-27] |
Subject: Verses where water alone means baptism? |
Bible Note: Colin, I am no expert on Protestant theology but I assumed the Calvinist doctrine of "total depravity" was based on an understanding of original sin. As Dalcent indicated in one of his post one of the difference between Catholics and many Protesteants is how we understand the gift of justifying grace to be apprppriated. Cathloics belief that Baptism is the ordinary instrumental means of appropriating the grace of justification won by Christ on the cross. This based on Romans 6:3-6 and other verses already quoted about putting on Christ in baptism. On the other hand it seems that many Protestants seem Baptism as an ordinace that is a mere ritual, secondary to the appropriation of the grace of justification that is accomplihes via the "sinner's prayer" or a simple "confession of Christ as Savior". Emmaus |