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Originally Posted by pelathais
And your answer is "Papist" and "Mormon." 
That is, the Mormon church teaches similarly and as another poster showed in citing the Councils of Nicea, Constantinople and Trent the other day; the Roman Catholic Church teaches this as well. Personally, I enjoy a discussion that is unafraid to look at such similarities in doctrines.
Do you think that Peter was negating the bolded statement above when he said, " not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God?" That is, the physical act of being immersed in water accomplishes nothing more than "the removal of dirt from the body."
What I hear from a lot of the "anti-baptismal regenrationalist" folks is that they are trying to demystify the act of baptism, and even to remove the "sacrementalist" aspect that the RCC has ascribed to it.
In other words, I see a lot of room for common ground here. |
Peter was saying this is NOT a ceremonial cleansing but to an ANSWER of a good conscience toward God. Baptism SAVES us in that clears the conscience sets the record straight. Our sins are remitted in baptism thus they are TAKEN AWAY no longer on our record. ONLY in baptism in Jesus Name are sins remitted in the church age. In baptism sins are sent beforehand into judgment those who are NOT baptized in Jesus Name their sins will follow them into judgment.
1Tim 5:24. Baptism again is NOT a ceremonial cleansing in removing dirt from the flesh but in baptism sins are washed away by the power of the blood through faith of the penitent.
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