Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

To: mountn man
What is your answer to my question in post 166?
167 posted on 07/12/2010 3:38:54 AM PDT by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine Lance Corporal texted me at 0330 on 2/3/10: AMERICA!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 125 | View Replies ]


To: don-o
What is your answer to my question in post 166?

WOW... I'd almost read that as authoritative or condescending.

But in response. I don't like the word Duty. It sounds like just another hoop to earn our way in, but I can't think of a better word, 14-1/2 hours at work and I'm running on impulse.

Actually maybe duty is the right word. Baptism has NO bearing on salvation, BUT it is a command given to the disciples to perform on one who has converted. So, yes, it is a duty. One should be baptized to honor and obey Christ. It is an outward and public declaration of making Christ Lord of our lives. If one isn't willing to publicly profess Christ, through baptism, what is the "faith" one has? Also, baptism is such a simple command, if one isn't willing to obey such a simple command, is Christ truly LORD?

So yeah duty fits.

Communion-Is it a duty? Following what I said of baptism, YES! Communion is to be a regular happening in a believers life. Its a humbling experience for the believer, for we are not to partake unworthily. So it humbles us to reflect on our lives before we partake. It also brings us to reverence to what Christ has done. We are humbled he is revered. Then we partake, we share in what Christ has done for us. We are identifying with his broken body and spilled blood.

247 posted on 07/12/2010 7:16:16 PM PDT by mountn man (The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 167 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson