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FlyingDove

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Heb 9:22 (B) without shedding of blood is no remission.

Matt 26:28 Jesus said; “For this is my blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.”

Rev 1:5, “He washed us from our sins in His own blood.”

Heb 4:14 “Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.”

Heb 5:10 Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec.

Lev 16:21 Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:

The Old Covenant Pattern: Sin imputation by the High Priest.

Lev 16:21: Aaron the high priest (mediator between Gd & man) laid both hands on the sacrifice & confessed all the sins of the nation, imputing/transferring their sins onto the innocent substitute.

This was the foreshadow.

Jesus Is the Fulfillment:

Jesus is: “The mediator of the New Testament”, Our GREAT High Priest (Heb 4:14), The One who offered HIMSELF as the sacrifice (Matt 26:53) Jesus is the one who performs the real sin transfer/imputation.

When we trust in Jesus SACFRFICIAL SIN ATONING death & resurrection:

Our High Priest imputes ALL our sins onto Himself (Heb 10:10, 2 Cor 5:19, Rom 4:8, 11, 22–24) He forgives/pardons them ALL (Heb 10:10–18) & He imputes HIS righteousness onto us (2 Cor 5:21, James 2:23)

This is the New Covenant reality the Old Covenant only pictured.

Inescapable Conclusion: If water removes sin, then Jesus' blood does not & the tremendous price He paid is worthless.

Jesus Himself said: "My BLOOD is shed for the remission of sins." Your water baptism doctrine of sin removal doesn't just contradict Paul or Peter. It contradicts Jesus at the communion table.

Rev 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood.

The only thing that can remove sin from the soul. Is FAITH placed in the FINISHED sin atoning work of our great God & Savor, Jesus the Christ.

To whom be all praise, honor & glory. Amen & amen.
 
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Solitude said:
Obedience.
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Rom 5:19 (B) so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
(NOTE: Chapter context the "one" is the Lord Jesus)

Genuine faith will result in good works.

Rom 1:5 "Through him we received grace" & apostleship "to call all the Gentiles to the obedience" "that comes from faith" for his name’s sake
(NOTE: FAITH leads to obedience)

Rom 16:26 Now revealed & made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, "so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience," "that comes from faith"
(NOTE: Obedience is a direct result of FAITH)

When true FAITH is the root obedience & good works will be the fruit.

Good works/obedience are the evidences of Genuine FAITH & not the cause of salvation.
 
FlyingDove said:
Rom 5:19 (B) so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
(NOTE: Chapter context the "one" is the Lord Jesus)

Genuine faith will result in good works.

Rom 1:5 "Through him we received grace" & apostleship "to call all the Gentiles to the obedience" "that comes from faith" for his name’s sake
(NOTE: FAITH leads to obedience)

Rom 16:26 Now revealed & made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, "so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience," "that comes from faith"
(NOTE: Obedience is a direct result of FAITH)

When true FAITH is the root obedience & good works will be the fruit.

Good works/obedience are the evidences of Genuine FAITH & not the cause of salvation.
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That is right; faith without works is dead.
 
True, faith without works is dead. But dead faith is not "faith that needs works added to it." Dead faith is "faith that never existed". James is describing the nature of saving faith, not the means of salvation.

James explains how we demonstrated genuine faith before men: He say's show me your faith. I will show you my faith by my works. (James 2:18)

Paul explains how we are justified before God:

Rom 4:
2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.

3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.

6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

Eph 2:
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Faith alone saves & the faith that saves is never alone.
 
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