Subject: salvation/baptism |
Bible Note: Yes, baptism is required, but it is not what you think. All believers have received the bapt. of the Spirit and that is the one that counts. There are wet baptisms and dry ones, The wet ones are only ritual, the dry ones are real. Christ will baptize every one in a point of time. This will be with the Holy Spirit, when a person puts there faith in Jesus as there Savior or the other option: That is if a person rejects the work of Jesus an dies, he will receive the baptism of fire; Take your pick, (smoking or non smoking) Look at Matt.3:11,12 where John was speaking to the general public. Look at Eph.4:3-6 This speaks of unity and mentions "one" baptism. It is unity because it is done for us by Christ. Water baptism has caused division not unity. Don't worry about the bapt. of the Spirit, God handles that for us. That's one more thing that calls for trust in Him. Water bapt. is an outward expression on our part that we have believed in the finish work of Christ. The order is, believe and be baptized, as a witness to the World of your position in Christ. I hope this helps, CDBJ |