To: PetroniusMaximus
Water baptism is an outward symbol of an inner spiritual transformation. The water itself does nothing.Better read I Pet 3:21 (Baptism now saves us)
59 posted on
05/01/2006 8:47:48 PM PDT by
tenn2005
(Birth is merely an event; it is the path walked that becomes one's life.)
To: tenn2005
***Better read I Pet 3:21 (Baptism now saves us)***
Who got wet? Not Noah or his family. They were safe in the Ark, a type of Christ.
Must go. Work tomorrow.
62 posted on
05/01/2006 8:52:52 PM PDT by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(ISLAM is STILL the religion of the criminally insane!)
To: tenn2005
"Better read I Pet 3:21 (Baptism now saves us)"
I did my friend. I had that very verse in mind when I posted. It says...
"and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also--not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ"
It's not the physical water (i.e. the removal of dirt from the body) but the inner washing accomplished by the Holy Spirit (which results in a clean conscience before God) - this spiritual washing is made available and effective by virtue of the resurrection of Jesus.
Peter makes it clear that it's not the physical water that saves, it's the washing of the Spirit.
To: tenn2005
Exaclty! Also, ....He who believes AND is baptized shall be saved....
105 posted on
05/05/2006 8:16:29 PM PDT by
takeemout
(God Bless Jesse Helms!)
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