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Originally Posted by BobDylan
...if an individual is in the process of completing the New Birth as you suggest, but God through divine providence, takes the person out of this life before they are able to be baptized, God's hand in that must be recognized, and their intents acknowledged. God is the righteous judge, and he knows the internal state of the indivual. If God stopped it, or allowed it to be stopped, as Scripture says "I'll have mercy upon who I'll have mercy".... God can very well have mercy on that person, in the same way he can righteously judge them. At that point it's in the hands of God!
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In the Roman Catholic Church (which also teaches "born of water" means "water baptism" and also teaches that baptism washes away sin), what you have spoken of is called "baptism of desire" or "baptism by desire" (not sure of the exact words). The idea is that the person would have been baptized if possible but since he couldn't, God gives him credit for being baptized.
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