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To: boatbums
boabtums: Show me where Jesus said "water baptism".

John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

3,714 posted on 06/20/2011 2:09:06 PM PDT by Cronos ( W Szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie I Szczebrzeszyn z tego słynie.)
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To: Cronos
boabtums: Show me where Jesus said "water baptism".

John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

I repeat...show me anywhere that Jesus OR ANY OTHER place in Scripture that says a person must be water baptized in order to be saved. Show where the words "water baptism" is stated as necessary to be saved. Jesus, if you note, said in John 3:5 that "except a man be born of water and of the spirit", but in no place did he say that the being born of water was the same as being born of the spirit nor did he say that being born of the spirit was was the same as being born of water. What you must show is the definition of what "born of water" means and how it is distinct or the same as "born of the spirit". What I am trying to show is being born of water does not say water baptism. It is instead a pigeonhole reaction to associate water with water baptism. There are many other kinds of baptisms spoken of in Scripture.

I hope I have explained my question for you clearly enough so that you can answer more clearly.

3,719 posted on 06/20/2011 4:59:58 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to him.)
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