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Originally Posted by Ferd
After walking around this puppy for years, I have come to the conclusion that the question
“Do you think baptism remits sin?” is a boondoggle.
It is the (snicker) line that gets to the next epithet: CATHOLIC! (yuck)
What no one stepper can ever get around is the fact that the bible commands baptism in Jesus Name.
The bible doesn’t say it is a good idea. It doesn’t make a kind suggestion.
Nowhere does the bible say baptism is helpful for other Christians to recognize a fellow believer.
It is commanded… repeatedly.
So at the end of the day, you can argue the semantics of when remission happens. You and argue if the word “for” (eis) means for the purpose of; or because of until you are blue in the face but what you cannot do is fine some way to launch yourself thru enough burning hoops to convince me that one can remain disobedient to scripture and remain saved at the same time.
If you ain’t baptized in Jesus name, I don’t care what you think, you have not submitted yourself to the command of scripture.
Is one washed in Baptism? Well we have a whole cloud of witnesses from Noah and his family to the Israelites in the Red Sea to Peter on the Day of Pentecost that seem to point in a direction.
But if you want to be baptized to show the world what God already did for you when you repented, good for you, at least you are being obedient to scripture. Just don’t tell me the guy that refuses is a good brother of mine who is “living the life”
I also believe the fear of God is the beginning of Wisdom. And I understand why some cannot grasp the simple wisdom of scripture.
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Are you talking about unbelievers? If so - it is their lack of faith that is the root cause.
Or are you speaking of those who who have been converted calling on the name of the Lord Jesus (even at baptism) yet the minister's invocation does not match ours?
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