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Originally Posted by mfblume
No, you are misrepresenting three steppers. H20 does not cut it. But BAPTISM SAVES, Peter said. Not in the way you might think three steppers claim it does. The water does not wash flesh. The obedience fulfills the works in the saving FAITH THAT WORKS, though.
Despite all one steppers say, Peter said "baptism doth also now even save us". I do not think any one stepper would ever make such a statement. Think about it.
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As a "one Stepper" I ask, "How does baptism 'save' me?" Peter's answer is: "through the resurrection of Jesus Christ."
I don't think I have ever heard a "Three Stepper" quote Peter on that. Instead we have the partial quotation of
1 Peter 3:21, thrown at us - "baptism doth now save us!!!" and few can even quote the entire verse.
To the charge that I am "misrepresenting the 'Three Steppers'" - I can cite a number of examples where water baptism is described as being a fundamental part of "Regeneration."
This article contains a number of errors and states:
"If believing in Jesus Christ is the same as “accepting Jesus”, it is important to notice that at no time in the scripture was a person told they were saved only by the act of believing or accepting Jesus.
A believer must also “be born again” of water and the spirit, (John 3:5-8). When we read the examples of salvation in the Bible, this proves this very point."
Nowhere will we find the phrase "born again of the water" - in fact, we never even find the word "water" in the same verse as "born again."
In DKB's "Essentials of the New Birth" page 17, it says: "Baptism is part of the new birth (
John 3:5;
Titus 3:5)." The appeal to both those verses to make his point is a classic sign of "Baptismal Regenerationalism." We may agree or disagree with DKB on this, however since neither verse even refers to water baptism, those making that stretch are indeed "Baptismal Regenerationalists."
The list goes on.
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