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NASB | Acts 13:38 "Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 13:38 "So let it be clearly known by you, brothers, that through Him forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you; |
Bible Question: If God will forgive our sins when we ask him, why did he also institute baptism, communion (and any other sacriment that you can think of) for the forgivness of sins. What is the biblical support for this? |
Bible Answer: "...why did he [God] also institute baptism, communion (and any other sacriment that you can think of) for the forgiveness of sins." ..... First of all, He didn't institute baptism, communion (or any other sacrament that one can think of) for the forgiveness of sins. We were all of us dead in our trespasses and sins in which we formerly walked, but God being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, made us alive together with Christ, for by grave we have been saved, through faith; and that not of ourselves, it is the gift of God, not as a result of works (or any sacrament that you can think of), so that none of us has any right to boast that we effected our salvation by anything we did or can do. [See Ephesians 2]..... Secondly, there is no biblical support for believing that what you call sacraments (and what most Protestant churches call ordinances) are salvific. The ordinances of baptism and communion are acts of obedience for believers to be done in accordance with Christ's commands. --Hank |