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NASB | John 6:37 "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 6:37 "All that My Father gives Me will come to Me; and the one who comes to Me I will most certainly not cast out [I will never, never reject anyone who follows Me]. |
Subject: Becoming a christian |
Bible Note: Inquisitor, To my knowledge there are only two places in scripture that people mistakenly think are teaching that baptism is a step in actually becomming saved. These are Mark 16:15 and Acts 2:38. I think it is important that we make the observation that both of these remarks originated with Peter. In acts, we are listening to Peter's words as reported by Luke. In Mark, it has always been widely known that Mark's gospel is in fact from Peter. So both are rooted in the preaching of Peter. Why is this important? Because in 1 Peter 3:21, Peter corrects the possible missinterpretation of what he is saying. Peter 3: 21 "Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you--not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience--through the resurrection of Jesus Christ," Look at what Peter is saying! He says that when he refers to baptism saving anybody, he doesn't mean the water dipping that is the physical act of baptism! When he says things that indicate baptism saves us, what he really means is the act that baptism represents, which is the heart's response to God in Repentence and Faith. Baptism was, as Steve has said in an earlier post, the visible action that professed the saving faith and repentence. So it was closely tied to the idea of being saved, but Peter denies that it is itself what saves. So as you yourself have asserted, we have to affirm all of these scriptures. And affirming all of these scriptures includes affirming what Peter says when he denies teaching that the act of baptism saves you! In Christ, Beja |