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Originally Posted by Joseph Miller
What do the "1 steppers" say about this?
1Pe 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
1Pe 3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
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Try that same verse in The Amplified, and you will see the meaning of baptism:
And baptism, which is a figure [of their deliverance], does now also save you [from inward questionings and fears], not by the removing of outward body filth [bathing], but by [providing you with] the answer of a good and clear conscience (inward cleanness and peace) before God [because you are demonstrating what you believe to be yours] through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. {
1 Peter 3:21}
Baptism is a sign of covenant. It is a testimony of who and whose you are. It is a sign of what has already happened, and what you believe to be your's through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ.
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