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NASB | 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 1:9 If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just [true to His own nature and promises], and will forgive our sins and cleanse us continually from all unrighteousness [our wrongdoing, everything not in conformity with His will and purpose]. |
Subject: Andrew please explain? |
Bible Note: Hello Andrew, Let me see if I can understand your angle on baptism. You say that the only reason a person is baptised is because they are saved. Is this correct? So then you adhere to the belief that one is saved be "accepting Christ" and baptism is just for show, is this correct? Then lets look at this, If I ask you to cut my grass and rake my leaves for this twenty dollars, would you have the twenty before you cut and raked or after? I think you see where I am going with this. Lets analize Acts 2:38. It says "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins". So they were to "repent" (cut grass)first, then "be baptised" (rake leaves)second, for the "remission of sins" (twenty dollars). Can you not see that a person is not in a saved state until the act of baptism is completed? The idea that baptism shows something to the world is just plan wrong. Baptism is for God and thats it, the world doesn't care about baptism. You see it is necessary for you to leave out two verses that tie the necessity of baptism together with salvation to try and make your point, even though you have twisted the meaning of Acts 2:38. And those are Mark 16:15-16 and 1 Peter 3:21. Mark 16 15And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16He who believes "and is" baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 1 Peter 3 21There is also an antitype which now saves us--baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Its funny, the word "repent" isn't in Mark 16:16, but we all know that we have to. Yet in both scriptures Mk 16:16 and Acts 2:28 the word baptism is there bigger than life and the world still wants to ignore it. And in 1 Peter 3:21 it says "answer of a good conscience toward God" not to the world! I tell you with this kind of thinking, that one is saved before baptism a person hits himself going and coming because they insist on ignoring what the bible has said. And as far as the Lords Supper the bible teaches if you read on that the Apostles of Christ meet on the first day of the week to break bread not when they felt like it. Acts 20 Ministering at Troas 7 Now on the "first day of the week", when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight. Which corresponds to the first day of the week when Christ had risen from the tomb. Matthew 28 The Risen Christ (1) 1 Now after the Sabbath, as the "first day of the week" began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. However we being 21st century Christians should follow the examples of Jesus and His apostles and it says, Acts 2 42And they "continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine" and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. I hope that I have been able to encourage you to rethink your stance on baptism and on the Lord's Supper. It is important that we stay with what the scripture teaches or else we are worshiping in vain. Matthew 15 9And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men."'[1] Your friend in Christ, Raven |