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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]. |
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Bible Note: "Yet, when Paul was asked what a person must do to be saved, he said: "...‘‘Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.”" Acts 16:31." I notice that you close the book after reading Acts 16:31, if you continue to read you will find the "real" answers, let's look and see. Acts 16:32-34, And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. Question: was anything mentioned about baptism in the message? Let's see the responce. vs. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; And was Baptized, He and All His, straightway. Question: Why do you leave this information out of the answer to the Jailers question? (Acts 16:32-33) What are you hiding? When dealing with the question of salvation, we should aways give All of the information that the bible gives, because the Bible is Right! "1) John 1:12 - "Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—" " Key word in this text is (become) Jesus said in John 3:5 you Must be born of the water and the Spirit to enter into the kingdom of God. And, we could go on and on. However, all of these verses are clear that the only requirement for salvation is faith. An excellent example is the believers in Acts 10, who were filled with the Holy Spirit (thus saved), before they were baptized. I notice you incerted the words (thus saved), but there are eight other conversions in Acts that didn't happen the same way as Acts 10 so I believe that this conversion is something that God was telling Peter and the Jewest brothers about the Gentiles, which is a whole subject by itself. I can tell you this, I'm not saying that baptism all by itself saves anyone, but (through Faith) along with blief, repentance, and confessing Jesus Christ name saves a person. "love one another, pray for one another, assemble together, be witnesses, ect.... However, none of these 'works' save us. They are things we do because we are saved, not thing which save us." None of these but one (be witnesses) were in the Great commission to the apostles. When we start at the beginning when Jesus told his apostles to go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: You will not fall into the trap of thinking that baptism in not neccessary for salvation. Examine the Great commissions it will become clear. Then look at the first sermon on the day of Pentecost, and the answer to the question Men and bretheren what shall we do? I read a post that was written to grace and truth, and it said that no one on this forum had changed their minds about (being saved by grace through faith only) I thought that was sad, because if it was a matter of eternal life and I found out I was wrong about something in Gods word I would change in a flash. Life is to short to play games with God's word. |