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Re: Numerical Growth Is Not A Sign Of Revival...
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Originally Posted by mfblume
Baptism puts us into the death of Jesus. Romans 6:3. 1 Peter 4 says that as well. Far more than ceremony.
And saying baptism saves means water rescued Noah from a sinful world while God removed it. That's a step beyond being righteous. The water saved him. How does that apply to being righteous already? Peter's point was Noah escaped that whole wicked world and that's more than being righteous while in it. The world perished. The water did something following Noah's righteous walk in the midst of that sinful world by removing him from that world. |
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