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NASB | Acts 22:16 'Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.' |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 22:16 'Now, why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins by calling on His name [for salvation].' |
Subject: Water baptism the "one baptism"? |
Bible Note: Greetings, That's the way I see it. The Bible clearly attaches the purpose of forgiveness to water baptism; it is so clear that the 'faith only' people feel compelled to turn each and every verse into a Holy Spirit baptism verse. They do so without merit and cause many to go without water baptism. They say, 'how do we cause people to go unbaptized?' Easy, by removing any scriptural purpose for baptism, you remove the need for it. As they de-emphasize water baptism, they elevete the need to be Holy Spirit baptized and the accompanying tongues as evidence of salvation [we know that Holy Spirit baptism was visibly seen and was associated with power]. So I think we are on the same page. The baptism of Ephesians 4 is water baptism. God bless, Disciplerami |