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Originally Posted by LUKE2447
scripture please... because that is not what Romans 6 says and you cannot be born again into newness of life UNTIL one is baptized.
Falla is right in part! That is the WHOLE POINT of JEsus comments on reconciling/repenting first BEFORE one comes and offers his gift on the alter! You must be clean at heart/not fight or at enmity on your part before you can offer yourself to him in unification of his death in baptism! |
Unless you ascribe to baptismal regeneration, the burial and ressurection from the waters of baptism are symbolic of the burial of the old man and his walking in new life. It is a public declaration of what has occurred to the inner man. At the same time baptism is indeed a vital part of initiation for the new Christian, declaring openly what God has done in ones life.
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