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Comments From Others on: 6) WHY ARE WE BAPTIZED? |
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COMMENT #1: |
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be buried with Christ into his death and to be raised up in a newness of
life, but not for remission of sins.
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CLARIFICATION #1: |
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Acts 2:38 the word "for" Greek word "eiv eis ice" Meaning
(into, unto, towards) This word does not mean "because of".
That word "for" Greek word "gar" is used in Matthew 1:20
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| Acts
2:38 Then
Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name
of Jesus Christ for
(unto)
the remission of sins,
and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
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| Matthew
1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of
the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David,
fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for
(because
of)
that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
(because
of)
that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
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| Another verse
showing baptism is necessary to remove sins.
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| Acts
22:16
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and
wash
away thy sins, calling on
the name of the Lord.
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| Understand
there's nothing special about the water. It's not the water washing your
sins away, but the blood of Christ. It's the obedience to the command and
the fact that we are buried into Christ death (Romans 6:3) that cleanses
us from our sins. Note in Romans 6:3 that like Christ was raised up from
the dead, we too are raised up from the watery grave to walk a new life.
Our new life starts when we are raised up from the watery grave or
baptism. If our sin were forgiven before the watery grave, then we would
have been walking a new life before watery grave. The resemblance of dying to sin
through repentance, being buried after this death, then being raised up
sin free from the watery grave, is like Christ dying on the cross, being
buried in the grave, then being raised from the dead by the glory of the
Father.
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| Romans 6:3
Know
ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into
his death? 4 Therefore we
are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up
from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness
of life.
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| There are many
like figures (antitypes) in the Old Testament where God used water to save
people. In Exodus 14 :16 The children of Israel were saved by the parting
of the Red Sea. Also Noah was saved through water. 1 Peter 3:20
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| Exodus 14:16
But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
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| 1 Peter 3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. 21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: | |
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