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NASB | Acts 2:38 Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 2:38 And Peter said to them, "Repent [change your old way of thinking, turn from your sinful ways, accept and follow Jesus as the Messiah] and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ because of the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. |
Bible Question: "Of course, my understanding of the verse is that Peter was not connecting repentance with water baptism for salvation". Then you would have to do the same with Mark 16:15-16. These are the words of Jesus himself! The reason I ask is I hear and read about this seperation alot, my question to those of faith is (can God save us the way HE WANTS TOO)? If He tells us to be baptized for the remission of sins, and he does, why can't we just trust His word? Many on this forum don't believe that God could save through water baptism, but those in the bible believed. My last question is, did baptism come from God or is it man made, and give scripture for the answer. |
Bible Answer: Zech 9:16 And the LORD their God will save them in that day as the flock of His people; for they are as the stones of a crown, sparkling in His land. Matt 1:21 "She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins." Water doesn't save, Jesus saves. Water baptism by immersion, is a testamony of identifying oneself with the death and resurrection of Jesus. We die to our sins by accepting the free gift (grace) of salvation from God, and are raised up into new life by the power of the Holy Spirit. "John 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God." |