If the
premise is that baptism is required to
inherit eternal life, wouldn’t there be many verses which would teach
this? And there is…..
†Wouldn’t there
be a verse that says baptism saves us?
There is!
Peter 3:21
…who disobeyed long ago
when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In
it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through
water, and this water symbolizes baptism which now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the
body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Mark
16:15-16
And
he said unto them, Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to
every creature.
He that believes and is
baptized shall be saved, and he that does not believe shall be
condemned.
Acts
2:38-41,47
And Peter said to them, "Repent, and
be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus
Christ for the
forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your
children and to all that are far off, every one whom the Lord our God calls to
him." And he testified with many other words and exhorted them, saying, "Save
yourselves from this crooked generation." So those who received his word
were baptized, and there were added to their number
that day about three thousand souls…
…praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord
added to their number daily those who were being saved.
†Wouldn’t there be a verse
that says baptism is how God washes our
sins away? There is!
Acts 22:16
And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized, and wash
away your sins,
calling on his name.
†Wouldn’t there be a verse
that says baptism is required to enter
heaven? There is!
John 3:1-5
Now there was a man of the Pharisees,
named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know
that you are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that you
do, unless God is with him." Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, unless one is born anew, he
cannot see the
†Wouldn’t there be a verse
that says baptism is how we are born
again? There is!
John 3:1-5
Now there was a man of the Pharisees,
named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know
that you are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that you
do, unless God is with him." Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, unless one is born anew, he
cannot see the
†Wouldn’t there be a verse
that says baptism is done to have our
sins forgiven? There is!
Acts
2:38-41,47
And Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in
the name of Jesus Christ for
the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your
children and to all that are far off, every one whom the Lord our God calls to
him." And he testified with many other words and exhorted them, saying,
"Save yourselves from this crooked generation." So those who received
his word were baptized, and there were added to their number that day about
three thousand souls… …praising God and enjoying the favor of all the
people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
†Wouldn’t there be a verse
that says baptism puts us into, or,
clothes us with Christ? There is!
Galatians
3:26-27
“For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ
Jesus, for as many of you as were baptized into Christ
have clothed yourselves with Christ.”
†Wouldn’t there be a verse
that says baptism unites us to Christ and gives us new life?
There is!
Romans 6:3-5
Do you not know that all of us who have
been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We
were buried therefore with him THROUGH
BAPTISM into death, so that as
Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness
of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like
his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.
†So if baptism is everything I am
saying it is, wouldn’t you expect God to tell us so? HE DID! What more
could He possibly say? Stop making excuses! Just obey!
James 1:22
“Do not merely listen to the word,
and so deceive yourselves. Do what it
says.”
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