Water baptism, can you agree with this statement?

Originally Posted by staysharp

The ceremony of baptism under the old covenant required continual cleansing. Somewhat of a religious bath. If you were unclean, you needed a new bath. These baths were "mitzvahs" and are still visible under many ruins in Jerusalem and throughout the region.

When Jesus died, he was the perfect sacrifice and forever perfected them which are sanctified. He became the final and complete sacrifice. I know you know this, but here is the difference.

If baptism could save you, you wouldn't need the cross. If your analogy is correct, and baptism does "wash or remit sin", then what happens the next time a person sins? Yep, they would need to be re baptized....

Baptism is a sign of a committed heart to Jesus Christ and identifies with His sacrifice for us. It's what we do for Him, because of what he did for us. Acts 2:38..."For the remission of sin", Or For the sake of the Cross.

Staysharp is like a razor on the essential points here.

Baptism is not done to obtain salvation. It is done BECAUSE OF salvation.

By the way, staysharp... they're mikvahs, not mitzvahs. Mitzvah was the teachings known as the Law, not the ritual baths used for baptisms...