“The outward act or ordinance of water baptism is a first act of obedience to testify to others of identification with Christ, as followers of him.”
any Scripture to back any of this man made tradition up?
for example:
1. where does the Bible refer to baptism as an “outward act”?
2. where does the Bible refer to baptism as “water baptism”?
3. where does the Bible say baptism is any act of obedience?
4. where does the Bible say baptism is for “testifying” to others?
bonus question for you:
must someone accept Jesus Christ as their personal savior to be saved or is merely believing Jesus Christ is the Son of God sufficient?
1. When Jesus gave the EXAMPLE as he was baptized.
2. When Phillip baptized the eunuch in a mud hole because there was no other water available
3. When Jesus gave Peter the”keys”to the kingdom, and said what peter says regarding salvation would be honored in heaven...then when Peter was asked “what must we do to be saved?”, he replied “repent and BE BAPTIZED
4. Not sure it does
Bonus: nowhere in the Bible does it say to “accept”the Lord....and just believing on him is insufficient, it actually says you must believe on him according to the Bible definition which means you will have the Holy Ghost ....that is what the Bible says, not me....
Not “going there” with you, OLOFOB. These questions of yours have been answered by many others - including me - many times. You just don’t accept them because it would require you to give up your favorite “hobby horse”. If you REALLY were searching for the answers, you would not still be asking the same questions because every single one has already been answered. I have better uses for my time.