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Originally Posted by revrandy
One Step - Leaves folks in the Grave - Repentance only
Three Step- Offers folks a Resurrection - Believes that a person must be filled with the Holy Ghost to overcome the world...
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well, I can't speak for all one-steppers, but it is my opinion that when a person comes to Jesus in faith and repentance, that person is placed "in Christ" and has therefore died, been buried, has risen with Christ and is seated with Him in the Heavenlies (ref
Ephesians 2 and
Romans 6).
In my opinion, water baptism is a public burial of the person you used to be and a public display that not only is the old person dead and buried you have also risen to walk in newness of life. If water baptism is just a burial, wouldn't the person remain under the water?