Subject: are you required to be baptisted again |
Bible Note: Diaryleader, I would like your opinion on another passage. In 2 Kings 5, Elisha told Naaman the leper to plunge himself into the Jordan to be healed. Naaman balked but was persuade to obey and was healed. Now was it the "water baptism" that healed him or just God's Spirit? Do you think maybe God's Spirit was working in and through the water? Maybe? Do you think this might be a foreshadowing of baptism? Maybe? Do you think God would have saved Naaman from his leprosy if Naaman had just asked God into his heart but refused to obey the command to go into the Jordan or if Naaman had said, I will obey this ordinance after I am saved from leprosy and then only as a public sign of my commitment as a believer in the God of Israel because I know that the river Jordan is just a dirtly little trickle compared to my rivers at home, that little bit of water can't do anything for me? (2 Kings 5:10-12)Does Naaman's argument sound familiar? I like to take the broad view of Scripture. I notice that God often works through physical matter and His "signs" have more power than mere symbols. Emmaus |