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[Note: <\/strong>This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3\u00a0<\/strong> page.]<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>In previous articles, we have seen that the action of baptism is immersion, both by definition and description in the New Testament. This is substantiated by the scholarship of the world. We have also shown several things that baptism will not<\/strong> do. It is now appropriate to study what the New Testament says baptism will do<\/strong>. There are two principal schools of thought on this subject. One says that baptism is an act of obedience of one who has already been saved<\/strong>, thus it is part of one\u2019s obedience because he is a Christian. The other says that baptism is the final act of obedience one submits to in becoming a Christian <\/strong>and that sins that alienate one from God are not forgiven until baptism is completed. What does the Bible say?<\/span><\/p>\n [Note:<\/strong>\u00a0I wrote this article for, and it was published in the \u201cBible Thoughts\u201d Column for the Hood County News<\/em>, Granbury, Texas, April 2, 1978.]<\/span><\/p>\n Attribution:<\/strong> From thescripturecache.com<\/em>; Dub McClish, owner and administrator.<\/span><\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Views: 1[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 3\u00a0 page.] \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In previous articles, we have seen that the action of baptism is immersion, both by definition and description in the New Testament. This is substantiated by the scholarship of…<\/p>\n\n