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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. |
Subject: To be saved must we be baptised? |
Bible Note: I've read through this string and all your posts. It has caused me to examine some of the scriptures you cite, and to agree that you do have a strong scriptural argument. My understanding is that salvation comes through grace (Eph ch.2). There is also Jesus' declaration to Nicodemus in John ch.3. Also, if someone has no opportunity to be bapitzed (on the battlefield, on a deathbed, in a nursing home), it's difficult for me to believe God would not waive this in lieu of circumstance: witness the thief on the cross. I may be wrong, but I just can't square it with a doctrine of Grace as it feels too much like works, the fleshly stuff we think we have to do to earn His Grace. I wanted to be baptized. Afterwards I felt that I had crossed a threshold, "No turning back now, old boy." In fact, the pastor who baptized me asked me point blank whether I knew what I was doing and to explain my understanding before I went under in an outward sign of my identification with His death and resurrection. I'm still studying this subject, whether it's requisite for "translation", so I'll sign off this string for now. Colin |