Neither do I, except it is a mistyped "NT" (for "New Testament") which escaped my editor/copyreader's eye. Sorry.
As supposed?
Wrongly supposed, in immersionist circles, that this baptism is just a rite recognizing post-salvation evidence of the "believer's" decision.
Oh, and converts from what to what?
Converts claiming transition from spiritual death to spiritual life --
The part of your post I quoted and bolded, do you have a scriptural reference?
I gave you whole documents full of references, Scripture, and the explanations. Did you not peruse them before responding?
Oh and lol@ the link from April Fools Day!
I love a sense of humor...
Your sense of humor is misplaced. One who thinks that the concept that this baptism, as a funeral rite, is a joke either has not read Romans chapter 6, or does not understand it.
Respectfully --
Oh it is much more than that, see my post to another member a few replies back.
Oh and why quotes for this word?: "believer's."
If we are speaking of "post salvation" the one being baptized would be a believer.
Converts claiming transition from spiritual death to spiritual life
Seems like that is why Jesus came so sinners could make that transition.
Yes I perused the links you sent me, but it was difficult to find what I was looking for. The dissertations were was a bit wordy, more for an academic type.
Instead of inundating me with pages and pages of mostly words not related to our conversation, perhaps you can give me a specific scriptural reference (from the Bible) for the bolded area I asked you about. Here it is again:
It (Biblical water baptisim)is only for those who are inducted as practicing disciples committed to life-long instruction.You stated it "applied to believers (and) is not for converts", but converts are believers.
Lets not get lost in semantics, but get to the simple Biblical truth OK?