I personal dont think so i have been saved by the grace of god by his son death but i think that when you get saved you should want to be baptised what you think i will respect ever opion
2007-01-27 23:42:01 · 18 answers · asked by hunter_tn4 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If you feel that baptisim would help you feel complete, then absolutely, be baptised.
I think you'll find many that will agree with you, but then you will also find many that disagree. That is the beauty of free choice.
I wouldn't want someone to tell me that my wanting to be baptised was wrong. But then I also wouldn't want someone to tell me that I had to be baptised in order to save my spot in heaven ( as it were).
It's your choice, and whatever you decide is great. We are not here to judge you, we are here only to support you. When I say "we" I mean collectively as we are all children of the same God.
2007-01-28 00:56:56 · answer #1 · answered by Aunt Henny Penny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
baptism is a tradition, not a mandate. A lot of people are baptized but could give a S$%t about GOD, morality and the like.....they do it because it's protocol. (if you found God, that's swell). Your mind and heart determine whether paradise is within your reach, not a dip in the lake.
Besides, shouldn't people do the right thing because it's what should be done and not because they want a free ticket into heaven (whatever heaven might be)?
Yeah i'm gonna do right so i can go to Six Flags. If that's the case, God shouldn't let anyone in because that 's not the purpose of doing "right".
2007-01-28 09:03:34 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is true that those of us who are saved, are saved by grace but the Bible says "repent and be baptised everyone of you"Acts 2:38.Despite the fact that we are saved by grace it does not mean that we should neglect baptism. It is one of the command of God and we should obey.We should not only hang on grace and neglect the commands of God. If you have believed and you are not yet baptised, I command you in the name of Christ to get yourself baptised with an immediate effect.
God bless you.
2007-01-28 08:14:02 · answer #3 · answered by patrick w 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baptism is just a outward showing of what Jesus done on the inside. It does not complete salvation in any way. I think we should be baptised. Only the blood of Jesus is what cleanses us from all sins. I will quote some scripture.
Romans 6:1
Cannot think of the verse on this one, but it says.
Without the shedding of blood their is no remission of sin.
Those are the only two right off hand I can think of.
2007-01-28 07:54:36 · answer #4 · answered by iwant_u2_wantme2000 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The thief on the cross was not a baptized Christian and Jesus told him he would be in paradise with him that very day.
Baptism is the first thing one should do after surrendering their life to Jesus. We should do this out of obedience. It has nothing to do with salvation. We are saved by grace through faith. Baptism is not necessary for salvation.
2007-01-28 22:17:05 · answer #5 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AMEN! many religions think baptism is essential for salvation...WRONG! Salvation is a GIFT from God, meaning there is no need to try to EARN it by performing useless rituals and sacraments. You cannot EARN a gift. Public profession of faith(baptised by submersion) AFTER being saved is what God expects every believer to do, although in itself isn't required for entrance to heaven. Look at the thief on the cross, he wasn't baptised after Jesus saved him.
2007-01-28 07:49:38 · answer #6 · answered by Jeff C 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Baptism is not required for salvation, but I do wonder why anyone who believes he is saved would choose not to be baptised. John the Baptist baptist Christ Himself.
2007-01-28 07:57:36 · answer #7 · answered by cmw 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible and the Early Christian Fathers theach that baptism is required for the normal means of salvation. This doesn't mean that there aren't exceptions. One of which may or may not have been the thief on the cross. Nobody knows if he had previously repented and been baptised, people just make blind assumptions.
Justin Martyr writes:
How we dedicated ourselves to God when we were made new through Christ I will explain, since it might seem to be unfair if I left this out from my exposition. Those who are persuaded and believe that the things we teach and say are true, and promise that they can live accordingly, are instructed to pray and beseech God with fasting for the remission of their past sins, while we pray and fast along with them. Then they are brought by us where there is water, and are reborn by the manner of rebirth by which we ourselves were reborn, for they are then washed in the water in the name of God the Father and Master of all, and of our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit. For Christ said, “unless you are born again you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven.” (Jn 3:3,4) Now it is clear to all that those who have once come into being cannot enter the wombs of those who bore them. But as I quoted before, it was said through the prophet Isaiah how those who have sinned and repent shall escape from their sins. He said this: “Wash yourselves, be clean, take away wickedness from your souls, learn to do good, give judgment for the orphan and defend the cause of the widow, and come and let us reason together, says the Lord. And though your sins be as scarlet, I will make them as white as wool, and though they be as crimson, I will make them as white as snow. If you will not listen to me, the sword will devour you, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken these things.” (Isa 1:16-20) And we learned from the apostles this reason for this [rite]. At our first birth we were born of necessity without our knowledge, from moist seed, by the intercourse of our parents with each other, and grew up in bad habits and wicked behavior. So that we should not remain children of necessity and ignorance, but [become sons] of free choice and knowledge, and obtain remission of the sins we have already committed, there is named at the water, over him who has chosen to be born again and has repented of his sinful acts, the name of God the Father and Master of all. Those who lead to the washing the one who is to be washed call on [God by] this term only. For no one may give a proper name to the ineffable God, and if anyone should dare to say that there is one, he is hopelessly insane. This washing is called illumination, since those who learn these things are illuminated within. The illuminated is also washed in the name of Jesus Christ, who was crucified under Pontius Pilate, and in the name of the Holy Spirit, who through the prophets foretold everything about Jesus. (The First Apology of Justin Martyr: A.D. 151)
2007-01-28 08:06:30 · answer #8 · answered by infinity 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to many religions, you are born with "Original Sin" on your head already, and it has to be "washed away." This, of course, causes parents to impose their beliefs upon their children by having their babies baptised. If an adult wants to be baptised, that's fine, but it should be by choice. I don't believe in heaven or hell, so I think it's a moot point anyway, but I find the belief that people are "born in sin" repulsive.
2007-01-28 07:50:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Why would God sacrifice His own son to rid us of our sins? Can't God do that in an instant without all that horrific torture and murder of Jesus? What lesson can we surmise from that? That torturing someone to death is commendable and a "good thing"?
2007-01-28 08:50:20 · answer #10 · answered by Psychotic Clown 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋