If it's only a profession of your faith, I don't see how it can save you. So why would Jesus command it? I see a big disconnect here, it's important and it's not important. What gives?
2007-06-02 18:22:08 · 18 answers · asked by ccrider 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Baptism doesn't save you. It's just a sign, and an act of obedience. He also commanded that you take communion. Do you think THAT saves you? How about baptizing OTHERS? Is THAT necessary for salvation?
All of these things are good. But the only thing that can save anyone is faith which God recons as righteousness. And that faith will bear fruit.
2007-06-02 18:30:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well to be Baptized is to show your faith in Jesus Christ Son of God. Why not show everyone your faith? This does not make you saved (being Baptized) because to be saved you need to except Jesus Christ as the payment given to you by God to redeem you of all sin. Jesus suffered and died on the cross to pay. To acknowledge this you can be Baptized before a body of believers. As I previously said this is Not the way to be saved. If you do not understand the meaning of being Baptized or how to be saved then I would sagest Not being Baptized. This would be a lie. I pray that God will show you the reasoning behind being saved and baptized.
2007-06-02 18:30:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus and John the baptist used the emblem of baptism to publically testify of an finished non secular act. Baptism is a "artwork" like communion, yet another image, the two falsley claimed to have salvation benefit. Romans 3:22 and 3:23 "For via GRACE are ye saved by faith (interior the existence, loss of life, and resurection of JESUS the CHRIST) no longer of works lest any guy ought to boast (of their stable works) John 3:sixteen and John 3:17.
2016-11-25 03:07:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A profession of faith is just that, saying what you believe for instance, the reciting of the Creeds. Since Baptism was instituted by God Himself, it is a sacred act. Baptism literally means "to wash." It is by the grace of God, sending his son Jesus, that we are saved. Baptism works forgiveness of sins, delivers from death and the power of the devil and gives eternal salvation. The word of God places these great things in Baptism, and in faith we make these blessings our own.
In Mark 16:16 it says, "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved."
-best.
2007-06-02 18:44:29 · answer #4 · answered by yacht hippie 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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 the dead. (1 Peter 3:21) He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. (Mark16:16) Without water baptism you will cursed. When a person dies relatives does not leave deceased left to rot. They are given proper burial. Water baptism is grave you are placed in and then you are promise Eternal life, because of your act of obedience to Gospel.
2007-06-02 18:45:15 · answer #5 · answered by spiritwalker1227 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Baptism is a sacrament being given to children not to save them from sins but to erase original sins. These are sins committed by
Adam & Eve when they ate the forbidden fruit.However as we
grow up we become expose to many temptations and it is
our watch to avoid them and be a good follower of Jesus.
2007-06-02 18:31:16 · answer #6 · answered by Orlando M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People fail to accept the plain words of Christ for many reasons, and they do so at their own eternal peril.
In the end, most protestants who deny the essential nature of baptism (and any or all of the other 6 sacraments) do so in order to oppose the teachings of the Catholic Church.
Pity.
2007-06-02 20:47:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does save you. That's why Jesus was baptised - to be an example. It's a symbolic saving ordinance and a prerequisite to entering into His presence. It symbolically and literally washes away our sins and shows God that we are willing to submit ourselves to Him and His will.
Baptism by immersion is symbolic of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. When he enter out of the water, we are "spiritually" resurrected and have become anew (or spiritually "reborn").
The Atonement (where Jesus took upon Him all sins, transgressions and sicknesses in the Garden of Gethsemane) saves us from SPIRITUAL death (not being in His presence). Jesus Christ's death on the cross saves us from PHYSICAL death (we'll live again).
Baptism by water and by fire (receiving the Holy Ghost - a separate ordinance) and needed to enter into His presence.
The Sacrament (or Communion) is a physical reminder of our obligation to God in keeping his Commandments.
"...it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do.”
"Faith without works is dead, being alone." See James 2:14-17.
Hope this helps.
2007-06-02 18:29:50 · answer #8 · answered by Siobhan W. 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jesus said that baptism (being born of water and the spirit) is a necessary condition for salvation. But baptism itself doesn't "save" you. The death of Jesus Christ on the cross is what saves us. But baptism is a necessary condition for acceptance of the free gift of salvation won for us by the death of the lord.
2007-06-02 18:29:52 · answer #9 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are many commands in the Bible. Nobody keeps all the commandments. So if we are required to keep all the commandments to be saved, then we are all going to hell. Baptism is not a requirement for salvation. "Thy faith hath saved thee." "He that believeth not shall be damned." Damnation is for those who don't believe.
2007-06-02 18:27:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋