Subject: Saved by belief or belief and baptism? |
Bible Note: The verse that people who say you must be baptized by water to be saved in Mark 16:16 Havn't read the whole verse Mark 16:16 "He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned. Read the end of the Verse. It does not say that who is not baptized will be condemned. I have also have not seen Acts 10 explained. Acts 2:38 Look who is saying what was said. Peter was. Acts is a history of the church. Luke wrote what was said. Peter speaking is not nessarily absolute truth. It is True that Peter said those words though. But it doesn't mean that God breathed those words into him. One of the two baptisms has to be a type. Either the water or the Baptism by the Holy Spirit into Jesus Christ. Peter in 1peter 3 states that water is a type. We are saved by Grace through fiath not by works lest any man shall boast. I don't see how baptism by water is not a work. Also the thief on the cross. Baptism to be saved people always say thats old testament. They can't prove that they are assuming the thief died first. When Jesus said it is finished....I believe thats when the New Covenant starts offically. Also no one is saved any other way but by faith. Old Testament or New testament. I like to say people in the old testament had salvation on layaway waiting for the Messiah to pay the price. They looked ahead to the cross we look back to the cross. |