{"id":21474,"date":"2022-12-05T22:52:33","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T22:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/?p=21474"},"modified":"2023-03-16T16:08:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T16:08:36","slug":"what-is-baptism-no-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thescripturecache.com\/?p=21474","title":{"rendered":"What Is Baptism? \u2014 No 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Is immersion in water an act done by a Christian (one who is already saved) or is it an act done in order to become a Christian (be saved)? We have previously seen that Jesus placed both faith and baptism before salvation (Mark 16:16). We have also seen that repentance and baptism were both placed before remission of sins in the sermon on Pentecost (Acts 2:38). Let us examine further evidence showing the relationship between baptism and salvation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. If one can be saved without or before baptism, then he can be saved outside of Christ, for baptism is \u201cinto Christ\u201d (Rom. 6:3).<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. If one can be saved without baptism, he can be saved without \u201cputting on\u201d Christ for in baptism, one \u201cputs on Christ\u201d (Gal. 3:27).<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. If one can be saved without baptism, he can be saved without being buried with Christ, for one is \u201cburied with Him through baptism\u201d (Rom. 6:4).<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. One can be saved without baptism if he can be saved without being raised with Christ to live a new life, for it is from baptism that one is raised to \u201cwalk in newness of life\u201d (Rom. 6:4).<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. One can be saved without being baptized if he can be saved outside of the body (the church) which Christ will save (Eph. 5:23), for one is \u201cbaptized into one body\u201d (1 Cor. 12:13).<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. If one is saved before baptism, he is saved before his sins are washed away, for it is in the act of baptism that sins are washed away (Acts 22:16).<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. If baptism has no bearing on the sinner\u2019s salvation, why is it specifically mentioned in every detailed case of conversion, while faith, repentance and confession of Christ are not? (cf Acts 2:38 \u2013 faith is not mentioned); Acts 8:12 \u2013 neither repentance nor confession mentioned; etc.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    There is no escape from the conclusion that God has made baptism a condition of pardon and the salvation He provides through the blood of Christ.<\/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 9, 1978.]<\/span><\/p>\n

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