Another thought: It is I, don't allow all the noise (negativity regarding water baptism) to distract from what I've told you to do, "Come. I await you here on the water.
Amen it’s a principle from the beginning Adam and Eve let the noise remove gods word and promise it’s the same regarding any subject
“And the
LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”
Genesis 2:16-17 KJV
Everything is clear nothing is mysterious but then the questions and noise and alternative comes along in order to remove that true word to Adam
“Now
the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And
he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?( he questions Gods clear word )
And
the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die
he offers an alternative belief about eating the fruit ) for
God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.”( even has an explaination rooted somehat in a truth but he also declared
god lied you won’t die like he said it’s actually good for you )
Genesis 3:1, 4-5 KJV
Baptism is the same the Bible is really clear what it is , why we do it , the promise it holds in his name …..but whenever people hear it the enemy goes to work with the same strategy he’s always used 1 wuestion if the word is actually even there 2 explain that it’s not true in a subtle way 3 offer an alternative explaination and path other than what God has set before all mankind
satan is still speaking in the world the same ways it’s why simple basic things like baptism , communion with the body and blood of the lord , repentance ect always become a huge dividing point between chrirtians that both believe in the name and gospel of Jesus Christ but because we won’t listen to what he said in that gospel we always have to try to figure out our own understanding but we’re meant to hear and accept and believe and live his understanding which he gave us in the gospel before he sent it to us all
This part is like a compass for true doctrine whether it’s baptism , communion , repentance and obedience , sin and righteousness , our identity as a creature and children of God who god really is ect it’s always based on the gospel in every situation
“Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me,
hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”
John 5:24 KJV
“It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”
John 6:63 KJV
The other part of baptism is we have to hear about it in the Bible first . Remission of sins is a key that will drive a believer to baptism by faith because they heard and believe the gospel. But until we start hearing what’s really there about it no one rally grasps what it even is for or how ot applies or why we do it . It’s there written down but it doesn’t always sink in to each person the same way
I’ve never looked at baotism for remission as a “ requirement “ for salvstion but
a promise from Jesus Christ of salvation according to faith and it seems anyone who hears the things he and the apostles taught about baptism my own belief is they would also hear the promise regarding belief of the gospel of Jesus Christ and baptism into his name for remission of sins
Its just him
telling us about salvation and then it’s whether
we’re willing to hear and act upon it if we believe it we will but not if we never hear it like the Bible presents it
This is why false doctrines like hypergrace that insist any action you need to take is not part of it . This then removes all Jesus taught his followers to do and all his warnings about what not to do even the basic things like believing the word about baptism for remission and acting upon it . This becomes a controversial thing even though nothing in the Bible ever speaks of baptism as not needed , irrelevant , ritualistic , and everything it says about baptism makes it an important and very basic simple part of our faith meant to be heard and believed and acted upon like faith is always
when we remove everything else with a verse like this
“For
by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is
the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.”
Ephesians 2:8-9 KJV
air removes the meaning of the word grace and faith and just tries to make everything Jesus said is about salvstion irrelevant
its repeating genesis three
….did god really say you need to hear and believe the gospel get baptized for remission of sins and then promise you salvstion ? You believe he died and rose isnt that enough already ? Why do you need to get dunked in water that’s silly isn’t it ?? Jesus already died for your sins you’re already saved why do you need to hear and believe his word and follow where he guides us to go ? That other verse says you’re saved not of anything you could ever do or hear but just because you’re chosen and saved already by grace ….what Jesus said is for other people old testsment folk not the church “
There’s always another word coming when we hear what Jesus said in the gospel it’s the same guy trying to steal the word we heard of the lord
“When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.”
Matthew 13:19 KJV
so when we hear “ baptism in Jesus name for remission of sins “
that’s clear and understandable so then one needs to raise questions , then offer other thoughts about the same thing made clear , then offer other paths and explainations of why that’s what false doctrine is that seeks to remove the things established forever by Jesus words
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