It doesn't? What should we do with this??:
"And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God,
being baptized with the baptism of John. But the Pharisees and lawyers
rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him."
(Luke 7:29-30 AV)
eh?
Amen.
“Yeah it doesn’t say anywhere that lack of baptism condemns anyone”
all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God,
being baptized with the baptism of John.
But the Pharisees and lawyers
rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him."
it doesn’t say anything about them being condemned because they weren’t baptized .
if you noticed they didn’t believe they were always accusing and conspiring against Jesus . baptism wouldn’t have meant a thing to them , they rejected Jesus .
they are in this group of those who don’t believe
“;but
he that believeth not shall be damned.”
Mark 16:16 KJV
to a non believer baptism is stupid and meaningless , just getting wet for no reason …. it’s for a believer of the gospel mostly they ( Pharisees and scribes )weren’t …..
“And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying,
Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”
Luke 5:21 KJV
That’s mostly what they were like towards Jesus baptism wouldn’t have been a thing that helped
Baptism is about remission of sins not about condemning anyone.
But to be clear baptism is important doctrine for a believer . It’s just that no one ever really talks about what the Bible says it means to us …. That’s when baptism means something by faith when we hear what it’s for and means
trying to tell someone “if you don’t get baptized in Jesus name , God won’t accept you “ might work . But the way to pursuade someone regarding baptism is to discuss what the word says it means there’s a lot of great things in there about it but never is it a reason to condemn anyone
It’s an act of faith when we hear about it in truth.