Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

To: CynicalBear
Playing with the punctuation or taking verses by themselves is dangerous at best. Clearly, it is the resurrection of Jesus that saves us and baptism is only a symbol of the washing of sins

I have to disagree. "Through" is a prepostion, making "through resurrection of Jesus Christ" a prepositional phrase.

It is the Baptism that Saves you because if your bview was correct all men would be saved since Jesus came and died that all men might be saved Loose trabnslation if 1 Tim 2:4.

Since we know that ALL men will be saved something else must be required. And 1 Peter tells us that the "little extra" is Baptism.

102 posted on 10/25/2010 1:59:59 PM PDT by verga (I am not an apologist, I just play one on Television)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 100 | View Replies ]


To: verga

>>It is the Baptism that Saves you because if your view was correct all men would be saved since Jesus came and died that all men might be saved Loose translation if 1 Tim 2:4.<< (I corrected your fat finger hitting the b) hehe

There you go taking verses out of context again. He died that all men might be saved means that it’s available to all men. All men will not be saved because all men will not believe.

Believe on the Lord Jesus and you will be saved-and your house.

>>And 1 Peter tells us that the “little extra” is Baptism.<<
If you believe that something in addition to Jesus death and resurrection is needed to be saved you are saying that Jesus sacrifice was not perfect but that it needed adding to. You would also deny the salvation of hundred during Bible times who were saved but not Baptized including the thief on the Cross.

You may be interested that (if you are Catholic) your own Churches Catechism teaches that Baptism is not required for Salvation.


104 posted on 10/25/2010 2:25:36 PM PDT by CynicalBear
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 102 | 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