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NASB | John 3:6 "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:6 "That which is born of the flesh is flesh [the physical is merely physical], and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. |
Bible Question:
I am Assembly of God, and I believe that being born of water and the spirit is when you are born from your mothers womb you are born of water. You are in water in your mothers womb. Her water breaks, and you are born. Being born of the spirit is when you accept Christ as your savior...Being BORN AGAIN. Nicodemus said to Jesus...AND THIS IS A BIG POINT..He said: "Quote" "Can I enter again into my mothers womb". He knew what Jesus was talking about. Being born of Water..Is Being Born.. Born of the spirit..Is being Born Again. I have talked to many people who believe you have to be Baptized in order to be saved, but if those people would just stop a minute, and think about what they are saying they would see how foolish that is. If a man accepts Jesus in the middle of the desert..Where is water to baptize..Even if you are in Church..WHAT IF...You accept Jesus, and on your way to the Baptiizmal you trip and hit your head on the piano and die...are you going to Hell just because you did not make it to be Baptized? I don't think so. Sometimes we have to use a little common sence when we make statements like ..You have to be bapitzed to be saved.. What must I do to be saved? Believe that Jesus is the son of God, and you will be saved...With the mouth confession is made unto Salvation..Ask Jesus to come into your heart, and be filled with the spirit,and my friends you are saved...Then by all means, as soon as you can, be baptized, because it is still a command, but it has nothing to do with the salvation process. It is just an act of submission to Jesus, representing the old man dieing, and the new man rising up. God Bless you all, and thank you for the making a place to express everyones opinion. |
Bible Answer: Chucky, You raise some interesting question regarding baptism. I being Catholic come from a different perspective, but our thoughts may intersect in some ways. Here are my thoughts on the subject. What must we do to be saved? This was the question of those to whom Peter preached on the day of Pentecost in Acts 2: 37, and also the question of the Philippian jailer of Paul and Silas in Acts 16:30. Peter’s response was: “Repent and be baptized”! Paul’s response was: “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.” But then in order that he might believe Paul at once spoke the word of the Lord to him “and he was baptized at once, with all his family.” Why not just believe in the Lord Jesus? Why baptism? Because baptism is the physical sacramental means by which God’s saves us spiritually by grace and bodily even to the resurrection of our physical bodies. Baptism is the command of Jesus in Matthew 28: 19-20. Baptism is the means by which God effects our salvation by incorporating us into the body of Christ. (1 Peter 3:21; Romans 6) The use of the physical in the sacraments reflects the redemption of all of fallen nature so that nature agains works to the good according to God's original plan, even as Christ's Incarnation redmeems our flesh as well as our spirit or soul, so that all creation gives glory to God. What Did Jesus Say on the Subject? “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” (John 3: 5) I believe this refers to baptism. We know this from the context by what follows in John 3:22 when Jesus and the disciples went into Judea and baptized immediately following the discourse. Jesus also said: “But he who endures to the end will be saved.” (Matt. 24:13) “ Not everyone who says to me, ‘ Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father. On that day many will say to me ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and cast out demons in your name and do many mighty works in your name?’ And I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me you evil doers.’ (Matt. 7: 21) “Then the King will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you visited me...’” (Matt. 25:31-45). In the final analysis Jesus is Lord and He is the Word and He will have the last word on the matter of justification and salvation for each and every one of us. Another way it has been said is this: "God has bound salvation to the sacrament of Baptism, but He Himself is not bound by His sacraments." We are bound to follow Jesus' command to baptize, but He can do things including save whomever He wishes in ways we may never dream. Emmaus |
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