Where in the Bible?

Question

Where in the Bible does it call baptism a sign? Please add book, chapter, and verse to your answer.

George you made a decent response, but you didn't add any verses to back your argument. Where in the Bible does it say it is a public declaration?

Answer 1

Some have answered 1 Peter 3:21 to show that baptism is a sign that we have been (previously) saved, but read that verse carefully! It does not say the baptism is a sign, symbol. What it does say is the water of Noah's flood points to (signifies) baptism and baptism now saves us!

There is no where in the Bible that Baptism is called "an outward sign of an inward faith", or a sign that we have already been saved.

Just the opposite, 1 Peter 3:21 says that baptism saves us, like the flood of Noah saved his family from the wicked world and delivered him into a new life.

Baptism, however is a sign of Christ's death, burial, and resurrection.

Romans 6:3-4 says we are “baptized into Christ”. Can we be saved outside of Christ? (See Gal. 3:27 also.) These verses in Romans also say we are “baptized into his death”. At Christ’s death is where his saving blood was shed and offered for our sins. We must contact His death to contact that blood! Can we be saved if we have not contacted His death?

How can our sins be washed away by the blood (Romans 5:8-10, Revelation 1:5) if we have not contacted that blood? To contact the blood, we must contact His death where the blood was shed!

Romans 6:3-13 also say that at baptism we “rise to walk in newness of life.” At a birth there is a new life. Can we be saved if we have not been “born again” to this new life in Christ?

The Bible says we must "obey the gospel" to be saved. (2 Thessalonians 1:8) The Gospel is the good news of Christ's death, burial, and resurrection. (1 Corinthians 15:1-4)

So, how do we obey the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ? We don't have to literally die, be buried, and return from the grave.

Instead, in Romans 6, it says we "obey from the heart that FORM of doctrine." (verse 17) Verses 1-13 tell us that form of doctrine is we are baptized into Christ, into His death, and in the likeness of his resurrection. We are buried with Christ.

"Buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead."(Colossians 2:12)

Answer 2

Actually, you ought to difference your wording simply somewhat: Hebrew Bible Roman Catholic Bible Protestant Bible The Jewish students completed the version of the Hebrew Bible in approximately the 3rd century. That textual content is integrated in each the RC and Prot. Bible. The order of the books is one-of-a-kind, considering the fact that of underlying assumptions. The Christian Bible (the New Testament) wasn't fairly nailed down till practically the 10th century or so. After that, it used to be locked in. This used to be performed in a sequence of Church Councils. This textual content is the identical in each the RC and Prot. Bible, and the Old Testament is ordinarily the identical in both of those Bibles, besides that the order could also be somewhat one-of-a-kind. The handiest change among the RC and Prot. Bibles is the presence of the Apocrypha -- a few books that have been unknown in Hebrew, however have been integrated frequently in Greek language translations of the Old Testament that have been in fashionable use across the time of the early Church. That Greek translation of the Old Testament (referred to as the Septuagint) used to be so fashionable (such a lot Jews didn't at the moment recall how one can talk or learn Hebrew anymore) that every time you uncover the Old Testament quoted within the New Testament, it's consistently the Septuagint textual content they're quoting.

Answer 3

The Bible does not say baptism is a sign. Baptism is a way of washing away the original sin of Adam and Eve when they betrayed God in the Garden of Eden. But the Bible does mention how baptism became such a significant part of christianity:

Book of Matthew Chapter 3 Verses 13-17 "13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. 14 John tried to prevent him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and yet you are coming to me?" 15 Jesus said to him in reply, "Allow it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed him. 16 After Jesus was baptized, he came from the water and behold, the heavens were opened (for him), and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove (and) coming upon him. 17 And a voice came from the heavens, saying, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

So baptism is not mention in the bible as a sign, but is a sign of the washing away of original sin because Jesus was baptized (even though Jesus was born without sin).

Answer 4

NLT - 1 Peter 3:21 And this is a picture of baptism, which now saves you by the power of Jesus Christ's resurrection. Baptism is not a removal of dirt from your body; it is an appeal to God from a clean conscience.

Answer 5

I don't believe it does. Baptism isn't just a sign. It isn't just a symbolic action. According to the Bible, baptism accesses the blood of Christ which cleanses us of our sin.

Answer 6

1 Peter 3: 21 were saved through water, 21and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. ...it says here that baptism is a pledge to God does it not?

Answer 7

baptism is the public profession of repentance/faith. it isn't what saves you though. it is for the benefit of those who know you, that they know where you stand and to whom you belong.

though you also benefit from it. Jesus said those who reject me before men, so must i do before my Father in heaven.

Answer 8

whats baptism?
whats a sign?
whats the Bible?
what is where?

Answer 9

In the middle drawer in your motel room