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NASB | Romans 6:4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 6:4 We have therefore been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory and power of the Father, we too might walk habitually in newness of life [abandoning our old ways]. |
Subject: What if you don't obey that command? |
Bible Note: Dear "The Bible Is Right" -- First off, I don't understand the point of your question. Secondly, in the verse you cited (as well as the verses surrounding it), there is no reference to "the same hour." What led you to that conclusion? Thirdly, if you are attempting to show that water baptism has anything to do with the new birth in Christ (regeneraton, salvation) you miss the mark by a mile, friend. All one has to do is to read the full context of Peter's preaching to Cornelius' household, beginning at Acts 10:34 and ending at verse 48. Clearly these candidates for water baptism were already regenerate believers at the time Peter issued his command for them to be baptized (v.48). Please look carefully at v.47. Here's what it says, "Can anyone forbid water, (Peter is speaking) that these should not be baptized WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE HOLY SPIRIT JUST AS WE HAVE?" (emphasis is obviously mine). .... Now look at Rom. 8:8,9, ""So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His." And in Romans 8:14 "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God."..... Do you see the connection? If these people that Peter referred to in Acts 10:47, who had not yet been baptized, were not already regenerate believers, why would Peter have said of them that they "have received the Holy Spirit just as we have"? The Holy Spirit does not dwell in an unrepentent sinner but in a regenerate believer. Paul makes that very clear in Romans 8. So how could anyone exegete this passage to say that the baptism commanded in Acts 10:48 was for salvation when these people had already received the Holy Spirit. --Hank |