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Originally Posted by Aquila
This question will resolve the issue if it is answered:
Is water baptism a command found in Scripture?
If so, failure to be water baptized or teach water baptism as a necessity for the Christian is disobedience. If not, it's merely a suggestion, another unnecessary Christian ritual.
For those who are very interested in studying baptism, there is another thread on it that I started. I'd like some of your thoughts on it. It's in regards to water baptism and pouring:
http://www.apostolicfriendsforum.com...ad.php?t=10460 |
The element of ignorance is not considered here.
There is a purpose of preaching truths. It is done that men may "hear." If the light and understanding does not dawn by the preaching of those truths, men can only walk in the knowledge and understanding that they have and can obey only to what they have light and understanding.
God is not unmerciful to a honest soul seeking his way to Him. God is good. He is kind and gracious. He is not the unmerciful, fiendish God that some seem to think that he is, willing to cast into hell an honest soul that has had their sin forgiven while in deep contrition, begging for his mercy and pardon.
A clear vision of the cross and the love of God that was poured out on Calvary's hill would change a lot of people's minds about Him. His grace, love is so wide, the expanse is so great that it goes beyond anything that so many of us are willing to give him credit for.
It is not so that if God does not fit in out little understanding of our catechism that it can't be righteousness. God is greater than our opinion of Him.
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