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NASB | Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 2:8 For it is by grace [God's remarkable compassion and favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious] gift of God; |
Subject: is water-baptism needed for salvation? |
Bible Note: Part 1 CDBJ Acts16:31 They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." Why did you neglect to mention that Paul did express that all the household were baptized immediately. Acts16:33 And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household. You make this statement 1 "Anyone depending on their works by being baptized by water for salvation has actually destroyed their hope for salvation." 2 "Faith for salvation must be an “undivided trust” in what God did for mankind in the person of His Son Jesus Christ." This is the point where you are missing the understanding "Anyone depending on their works by being baptized" In order for this statement of yours to be true and fill the position of their works like you are saying then the act of baptism itself would have to come from their own head that baptism was something they could do in order to gain salvation but as you can see it was a mandate to the disciples from Jesus Himself. By that mandate it is showing that baptism is not in the realm of - - their works. Matthew 28:19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Moving on we see that Paul says we have repented from dead works. Hebrews 6:1 Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, By our accepting Christ for the forgiveness of sin we have ceased from our works. Heb 4:10 For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His. Take note that these two verses in Ephesians are the same as the one in Titus except the one in Titus shows us how this takes place. That through baptism we are regenerated by the Holy Spirit. You can then see this work as you call baptism is something God through the Holy Spirit does not us because we have come into His rest the work of baptism having been ordained before the foundations of the world that we would walk in it. Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. Titus 3:5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. Godinus |