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NASB | Romans 8:30 and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Romans 8:30 And those whom He predestined, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified [declared free of the guilt of sin]; and those whom He justified, He also glorified [raising them to a heavenly dignity]. |
Subject: Mr. Perkins' Website/Chart |
Bible Note: I'm sorry, Emmaus. I was trying to explain why William Perkins probably excluded Baptism. I am not entirely unsympathetic with the thought you are expressing, although we would probably disagree with the specific definition of our terms. I did not intend to imply that there is no spiritual component to Baptism. In the most common of Baptist traditions baptism is considered purely symbolic. However, I have very dear Lutheran and Presbyterian friends who see it much more in the kind of light with which you would be familiar and agreeable. You would necessarily agree, however, that the act itself is one that is performed by men upon men as an act of the corporeal church. By that, I mean that it is a physical act. That is what I meant by "something that men do." (Christ baptized no one while on the earth, and the Spirit and Father do not baptize, being non-corporeal.) It was not my intention to impugned your historic traditional perspective. |