Subject: Do Jesus and Paul agree on salv by faith |
Bible Note: Joe,I am not sure if your were addressing me. But, to briefly answer your question I will say, that I do not believe one has to be immersed to be saved and the church I go to does not subscribe to this. In short, baptism is an outward sign of saving faith and therefore I assume you would not hold to the erroneous belief of baptismal regeneration. Unfortunately, many denom. do and so do many orders of the Catholic church. I have no bickerings with pedobaptist, I do not hold to it, but I think it is an in house debate. I am not 100 percent certain where you fall soteriologicaly, but if you are a 5 point Reformed, you would subscribe to regeneration precedes faith. The above church fathers you mentioned, I have great esteem for them and enjoy their writings and no I don't think that they are going to hell. Now, grant you, there may be some Baptist denom. that believe this, but I have no affiliation with them. Reformed Baptist, are somewhat of outcast in the mainline Baptist Denom. Anyways, it is not about a denomination, but about Christ and the Holy Word. Your brother in Christ, Brad |