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NASB | Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 10:9 because if you acknowledge and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord [recognizing His power, authority, and majesty as God], and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. |
Subject: Isn't Baptism neccessary for salvation?? |
Bible Note: Water baptism won't fly because of the thief on the cross? Ok, everyone together, are the legs crossed, hands extended out, laying on the knees, thumbs and middle finger touching. Close your eyes everyone and repeat the following in a monotone voice, 'baptism isn't necessary because the thief on the cross wasn't baptized.' Say it a few thousand times and maybe it will be true. Think 'timeline.' Jesus and the thief are on the cross. They both die and go to paradise [today you'll be with me in paradise]. Jesus returns on the third day. Resurrected and walking on the earth for about 40 days. Just before disappearing into the clouds, he tells the disciples to 'make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, etc. The thief on the cross did not have to be baptized because Jesus' baptism wasn't commanded yet. The thief on the cross is different and irrelevant to the discussion because he lived before the cross and before the command. Discounting the necessity of baptism because the thief didn't have to be baptized makes as much sense as a Jew in Moses day denying the necessity of keeping the Passover because Abraham didn't have to. Abraham didn't have to because it wasn't instituted yet. The thief on the cross didn't have to because the baptism Jesus commanded in Matthew 28:18-20 wasn't instituted yet. It's always a dead end, you say. I don't doubt that you are right as long as you guys keep up mantra: "baptism isn't necessary because the thief on the cross didn't have to." Good day. |