Does a person have to be baptized to be saved?

[15heartz]

person have to be baptized to be saved?

[trevorit101]

you are full of shit

[PraetorianGuardsUK]

Jesus said unless a person be born of the water & the Spirit they can't see the kingdom of heaven.

He that believeth & is baptised shalll be saved, . Can aperson fall 5 fstories and survive, maybe, but I wouldn't like to try it

[Ilovjas]

Any time a person answers such a question with how can this be...? He is answering a question with a question which is NO ANSWER at all. Everything can be answer with Scriptures not with peoples personal interpretations.This is the clear sign of false teachings. All you need is to have a true desire to love God above all & every one, prayer and a concordance to find out the truth about this or any other subject IN the WORD OF GOD...Amen

[newcarabu]

I find you to be fake and brainwashed. Silly man.

[uga0301]

@newj34. Niether is repent. In fact the word repent does not appear one single time in the Gospel of john.

[tonoklein]

The apostles also experienced an outpouring of the HS on Pentecost. Were they not saved before it? If anyone really really wants the truth about water baptism search "The Truth About Water Baptism. Proof. Fact. History. Context. Irrefutable. Undeniable. Reality." In it you'll find that ALL founders of the denominations were quoted as believing a water baptism was necessary to be born again, which means the old "baptism after salvation" theory only began last century.

[BlackFox0911]

@locustweed - The key word in Mark 16:16 is "AND", not "BELIEF". He that believeth AND is baptized shall be saved (1+1=2). Both pieces assemble the whole. The same applies to Acts 2. If one condition is added in one verse and another is added in a later verse, then BOTH conditions are required. Honestly, is it THAT hard to understand? Jesus was baptized in Matthew 3:16. Why wouldn't you want to emulate his actions?

[07braves]

@BlackFox0911 im not sure you understand friend...the baptism is FROM JESUS..not a pastor or priest..or anyone else..JOHN said.."HE (JESUS)..will baptise you with the HOLY GHOST and fire".. JESUS is the baptizer..you are baptized into him..not h2o but SPIRITUALLY...repent, and be baptized is all at the same time..baptized into Christ..in HIS NAME..in which there is no other name given for salvation! WASHED in his blood REV. 1:5...NOT h2o. cont..

[JediLDS]

@07braves You seem to be forgetting John 3:5 "Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."

Jesus makes it very specific that WATER baptism is necessary.

[07braves]

@JediLDS ..part 2..what is the water?..ephesians 5:26..that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the WASHING OF WATER by the WORD OF GOD. ..how about this verse?..revelation 1:5..unto him (JESUS) that loved us and WASHED us from our sins in HIS own BLOOD...not h2o!!!...as you see..it is a SPIRITUAL BAPTISM..not under h2o..Baptized is incorrectly always applied as h2o baptism..the word actually means.."immersed"..to be born again..we are immersed into CHRIST, through his BLOOD..cont..

[JediLDS]

@07braves John the Baptist...remember him?

[07braves]

@JediLDS ..you seem to forget whom the baptizer is...JESUS IS THE BAPTIZER...not man...it is spiritual , try these verses and understand:...Then will I sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. (ezekiel 36:25-26)...A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh..so h2o baptism does this?.

[poolecm]

I don't think its a good idea to use one passage out of the Bible to disprove another. Both are the word of God, which does not contradict itself. You cannot pick and choose what passages to believe, but must believe it all.

[JediLDS]

@poolecm The Bible contradicts itself in many places.

[poolecm]

@JediLDS Not that I've found. I'm in a New Testament class at the University of South Carolina and the only thing the teacher has brought up has been the similarities between Jesus' sermon on the mount and the sermon on the plain and the 'on the third day' and 'after three days', both of which you can argue either they contradict or agree, depending on your willingness to believe. Both these points dont even question the body of Christian beliefs. The class isn't over, though...

[JediLDS]

@poolecm ACTS 9:7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, HEARING A VOICE, but seeing no man.

ACTS 22:9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they HEARD NOT THE VOICE of him that spake to me.

[07braves]

@JediLDS ..i remember JOHN the baptist..im NOT sure YOU remember what he said..JOHN said.."I indeed baptize you with water (h2o)...BUT...(see that word)...BUT..HE (JESUS)..will baptize you with the HOLY SPIRIT AND FIRE. A clear difference as John himself said..did you forget that? JOHN h2o...JESUS Holy Spirit and fire

[JediLDS]

@07braves OF course I remember what John said. It ties right in with Jesus saying that a man must be baptized by WATER (h2o) and THE SPIRIT in order to see the kingdom of God. Water baptism is necessary.

[07braves]

@JediLDS.. you cant understand?...the CLEAR DIFFERENCE IN THE VERSE.."BUT"...BUT JESUS WILL BAPTISE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND FIRE. Its not hard to understand my friend. We are baptized (IMMERSED)..into Christ..NOT by h2o but by the HOLY SPIRIT..through his BLOOD as rev. 1:5 states.

[07braves]

@JediLDS i tell you now..if you are trusting in your h2o baptism..you are not saved.. h2o baptism saves noone...h2o does NOT make a person BORN AGAIN...being born again is of the SPIRIT..How can h2o touch your spirit?..Peter said of baptism..NOT like the putting away the filth from the flesh..in other words..NOT washed by h2o ..he clearly made this statement to let you know its NOT by h2o baptism he speaks of.

[JediLDS]

@07braves I never insinuated that water baptism alone will save a person. Jesus made it very clear in the Bible that a man must be baptized by water AND by the Holy Spirit. Water + Holy Spirit. Can't have one without the other. BOTH are necessary, according to Jesus.

[07braves]

@JediLDS ..i have been baptised 4 times..with entering different churches in my life time...did h2o batism save me?...NO..JESUS CHRIST SAVED ME. Friend..you are not understanding what the baptism is..again..the water is NOT h2o..again JOHN the baptist bapstized with h2o..but he said JESUS will baptise with the HOLY SPIRIT and fire. the water is the cleansing of the HOLY SPIRIT..by the word of GOD..GOD also says he will POUR HIS SPIRIT upon us..understand?..immersion into CHRIST..not h2o.

[JediLDS]

@07braves What you appear to be stating then, is that John the Baptist was just wasting his time--he was serving no useful purpose. And, you are completely ignoring the phrase "except a man be "BORN OF WATER". Sure, there is a baptism of the spirit. I've never denied that. But to be saved, one MUST have BOTH ordinances performed on them, by someone who has the proper authority to do so. The Bible is very clear about this. In Acts 19:1-7, we have a case of about 12 people who were baptized...

[JediLDS]

...by water, but who were not given the Holy Ghost. So Paul re-baptized them in the name of Jesus, then laid hands upon them--at which time they received a spirit baptism by the Holy Ghost. If water baptism is not necessary, then Paul would not have re-baptized the 12 before laying hands on them. I don't see how it could be any more clear that water baptism AND baptism by the Holy Spirit are both necessary.

[07braves]

@JediLDS ..apparently you still dont understand the scriptures..lets go another direction..to help you understand..why is it in many places..the scriptures say BELIEVE IN CHRIST..and thou shalt be saved...NO MENTION of h2o baptism...here is the answer..BELIEVING IN CHRIST is when you are BAPTIZED (IMMERSED) INTO CHRIST..the WATER (GODS"spirit and his WORD)..is applied to you and washes you of the SPIRIT...BELIEF and the IMMERSION INTO CHRIST..is all at the same time.

[07braves]

@JediLDS h2o baptism is an outward sign of what has already spiritually taken place..in obedience unto GOD. You have not explained how people can speak in tongues ..glorify GOD..and all this BEFORE they were h2o baptized?...they were BORN AGAIN before the h2o baptism..plain as day my friend. Peter mentions that baptism now saves us BUT NOT BY H2O...not by the washing of the filth from the flesh..he is telling us that h2o baptism is NOT that which saves ..it is spiritual immersion

[JediLDS]

@07braves I never specified a particular order of events. My entire point all along has been that water baptism is absolutely necessary for entrance into the kingdom of God. It's just as important as being baptized by the spirit. The Bible is very clear on that point. Nowhere in the Bible will you find a verse stating that h2o baptism is not necessary.

[07braves]

@JediLDS ..friend..is your faith that you get to heaven in your h2o baptism or is your faith in Christ?..believing in his name! As i said before..i have been h2o baptised 4 differnent times and those were NOT what saved me..i was BORN AGAIN before i was h2o baptised...that is a FACT in my personal walk with Christ. Let me ask you...how about the thief on the cross or anyone that accepts Christ and passes away before they are h2o baptised....are they saved..the thief certanly was...

[uwique]

@JediLDS the people that spoke in tounges in the house of cornelius werent baptised,but were saved,,how??they spoke in tounges,,only saved people do that.

[poolecm]

@07braves What about Romans 6?

[07braves]

@poolecm yes..i see the baptism spoken of in romans...and there is no mention of h2o baptism...the original meaning of baptism is IMMERSE..not water (h2o)...we are immersed into CHRIST/...the WATER..GODS word (ephesians 5:26..with the washing of WATER..by the WORD OF GOD. Now who or what are we baptized into?...h2o OR..galatians 3:27..for as many of you as have been BAPTIZED into CHRIST..have put on CHRIST..NO MENTION OF h2o!!!!.

[JediLDS]

@07braves Sorry, but you're still ignoring the fact that Jesus stated that we MUST be "born of water and of the spirit", just as He was. Jesus was baptized in WATER by John the Baptist (whom you seem to completely ignore), and then was baptized by the Spirit (the Holy Spirit descending like a dove and lighting upon him). John 3:16.

[07braves]

@JediLDS your still not grasping it..im sorry..again John told all of us that JESUS will baptise with the HOLY SPIRIT AND FIRE....today..JESUS is he that baptizes us..and it is he that saves us..it is he that washes us from our sin, it is HE(JESUS )..in whom we are baptised into. As i said before..the water spoken of is NOT h2o..it is SPIRITUAL BAPTISM..not h2o...you must understand..again Peter said..NOT THE WASHING OF FILTH FROM THE FLESH..in other words NOT h2o! the word of GOD is that WATER

[JediLDS]

@07braves Oh, I understand, alright. You seem to think that John the Baptist was just wasting his time. Jesus was baptized in WATER by John. Why would Jesus do that if it was not necessary? Read Acts 8:36-38. Clearly, water baptism IS necessary.

[JediLDS]

@07braves Open your eyes! "Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life." (Romans 6:4) Jesus was baptized IN WATER by John, and we are "buried with him by baptism". Baptism is symbolic of Jesus dying and being resurrected

And you still seemingly not gotten past the "John the Baptist" issue. Was he wasting his time by baptizing all those people?

[07braves]

@JediLDS explain to me and all of us here on this youtube page...how is it the THIEF on the cross was saved?..he wasnt h2o baptised was he???..dont make up some personal opinion of your own..keep it scriptural...you go anywhere else and then it becomes your personal opinion. HOW WAS THE THIEF ON THE CROSS SAVED?...DONT SKIP THE QUESTION..i asked you before and you had no response.

[JediLDS]

@07braves The thief on the cross was not saved, yet. Jesus told him, "today thou shalt be with me in paradise". Paradise is not heaven. It's a place of rest where spirits go. Remember that when Jesus died, he did not ascend to heaven until after his resurrection. During the three days between, he was "preaching unto the spirits in prison" (1 Peter 3:18-19) Recall that Jesus told his mother not to touch him because he had not yet ascended unto his Father? It all ties in. (cont...)

[JediLDS]

@cont...) This is the reason that LDS believe in proxy baptisms, marriages, etc. Because Jesus state that being born of water was necessary to eventually see the kingdom of God, and because many on earth have died without having the opportunity of being baptized, the gospel of Christ provides a way for them to do so. This is why Mormons are so big on genealogy and finding one's ancestors. God has all the bases covered.

[07braves]

@JediLDS im sorry my friend..i guess we will just not agree with one another. We do agree in one manner though...Christ is our savior!!!

[vampirehunter33]

@07braves [[how is it the THIEF on the cross was saved?]] baptism is a representation of the death, burial and resurrection of christ Romans chapter 6. If baptism represents death, burial and resurrection of christ. And jesus had not died yet then how could the thief be buried in baptism with christ ? He couldn't, also the holy ghost had not came yet either. The thief simply believed christ and was pardoned and saved.

[bradensmagic]

@vampirehunter33 well actually the Theif on the cross was a unique expierience as he was saved before Jesus was even resurrected. Now as a Catholic, I believe in baptism of desire because the gospel is not based on legalism but on the love of Jesus Chist

[vampirehunter33]

@07braves God decides salvation for each dispensation. In adam and eves time it was animal sacrifice , noahs time salvation was the ark- no ark equaled a drowned dead noah, moses time the 10 commandments, when christ was alive and a little after his death it was "believe on the lord jesus and thou shall be saved" ,and when the holy ghost came it was believe , repent and be baptized. I doubt you will agree with me . but thats my 2 cents

[07braves]

@JediLDS i have no problem with John the baptist and this issue you speak. So you are saying..according to your logic..if someone has true faith in Christ..dies before they are h2o baptised..they wont be saved?...You limit GOD to saving people only to the account of being h2o baptised? STUDY MORE MY FRIEND. As i told you before..i was baptised 4 times..and NOT 1 of them saved me.....CHRIST SAVED ME..through FAITH. ..not a work of man.

[JediLDS]

@07braves No...someone who believes in Christ and dies w/o being baptized, can still see salvation. That's the reason LDS believe in proxy ordinances for the dead (baptism, marriage, etc.). Everyone who has ever lived, or will ever live, on the earth will have a fair chance to accept or reject the proxy work done in their behalf.

[uwique]

@JediLDS the church of christ beleives that without immersion u will burn in hell.

[poolecm]

@JediLDS My Bible (NIV) says 9:7 - they HEARD THE SOUND but did not see anyone 22:9 - My companions saw the light, but they did not UNDERSTAND the voice of him who was speaking to me. Other modern translations pair them better. Though all english versions are still translations of the original Greek (NT), I'm sure the ones now a days are a lot closer to the original Greek than the KJV of 1611.

[locustweed]

Acts 2:38 is not the ONLY verse in Acts 2. BEFORE verse 38, in Acts 2:21, Peter tells the WHOLE crowd how to be saved and NO baptism stated! "And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." It seems strange that a few verses later Peter would include it with repent (change of mind) as a means of remission of sins. Jesus did the same in Mark 16:16 however the deciding factor is clearly "BELIEF" saves. I think Peter"s command was in the same sense.

[lllannallll]

That fellow didn't SOLVE anything by arraying Acts 10 against Acts 2 - he compounded his problem. "The gift of the Holy Spirit" FOLLOWED water baptism in Acts 2, yet preceded it in Acts 10. I think the problem is that he actually believes the Holy Spirit's descent in Acts 10 was to CONFIRM prior salvation.  If so, it is quite possible that Cornelius received the Spirit BEFORE he even had faith. The Spirit descended just as Peter began to speak.

[FatTonyAU]

Jesus was water baptized to FULFIL all righteousness, Mat 3:15. It's Jesus' water baptism that saves us, covers us and is legally imputed to us! Salvation is by 100% faith in Jesus, NOT by works, and once you come to Christ by faith, you are legally imputed everything Jesus did, including his water baptism.

However, even though Jesus' water baptism saves you, you should still be water baptised if you have ability to do so!

[cslewis623]

@FatTonyAU Actually, it's His death that saves us....

[ReachingLostSouls]

These videos are very good...thank you

[johnankerberg]

@ReachingLostSouls Thank you for your compliment.  Keep watching!

[johnankerberg]

@ReachingLostSouls Thank you for your compliment. Keep watching!

[polopowers1]

The Nature of God can only be satisfied by the Nature of God Himself. For justice done and righteousness imputed. Baptism cannot satisfy the Nature of God. So to say it is part of satisfaction is wrong But if one were to say it is part of the religious obedience to come to Christ .Hence, making salvation subjective not exclusively one principal,water must be available and the person must submit to outward helps of water,man assisting.No way can baptism be essential to salvation,satisfying

[quest380]

Peter wasn't talking about a particular order he says,tho all those elements (he says basically) including "baptism"is salvational? Did i misunderstand..the question was do u need to be baptized to be saved?

Anyway,scripture tells us if u believe u will be baptized:

Mark 16:16 He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believes not shall be condemned.

Apparently,if u believe in following God's words u will want to get baptized and have it done:)

[neekothesecond]

@quest380 Good answer my friend.

[Concatenate]

His take on Acts 19 is simply wrong. He conveniently left out the fact that after they believed, they were "baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus." He also conveniently left out that Paul laid hands on them to receive the Spirit. So much for his comment, "if you take it in context." Yeah, dude, if you actually READ what it says, then proper context can be applied.

[aleeking1]

@Concatenate This guy totally twisted the scriptures here. Everyone that he mentions had to be Baptized before they were saved, That's why we have to study the scriptures for ourselves, all he had to do was keep reading...

[MeyongMeyem]

Black Christian and Seventh-day Adventist are the "opium" in the third world. Why don't you have them in your videos?

No need to email me your answer as I will come back to watch more videos...

Best

[k0smon]

Did these guys both get their hairpieces from the same place?

[wilby1414]

Repentance was ONLY demanded by Peter--for a good reason--it was based on the people he was speaking too.

All the others including Paul ONLY demanded a belief that Jesus is the Son of God before baptism.

To be a true believer means to act on the word and the word demands baptism for salvation.

We MUST be reborn, regenerated and converted from DEATH to LIFE which happens during baptism into Jesus name which includes the Holy Ghost.

Romans 6

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[wilby1414]

The ONLY reason the Holy Ghost fell on the Gentiles first was so the Jews would accept the fact that salvation is for all people. This was difficult for Peter and all Jews to accept so The Father showed them His approval of the Gentiles.

LISTEN-there is a very important reason for baptism in Jesus name for salvation so please go to my web site at

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I will explain it to all of you through the Holy Ghost--just come to my site.

So many good things about baptism !!

[cqghost]

When Dr. Martin comments on the Gentiles in Acts 10, he says that they are obviously saved. Well let's see if this is true. Let's find exactly when the Gentiles received the Holy Spirit. Acts 11:15 says "And as i began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as He did upon us at the beginning." Here we learn that Peter was just beginning to speak when the Gentiles received the Holy Spirit. Well what does this tell us? It tells us that they didn't have faith.

[cqghost]

Romans 10:17 says, "So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ." Since the Gentiles didn't hear the word, they didn't have faith. The Gentiles could not have been saved when they received the Holy Spirit because they didn't have faith. The Gentiles in Acts 10 received the Holy Spirit to prove that they could be saved, not because they were already saved.

[filoIII]

you're exposition, my friend, is what is known as twisted scripture.

[cqghost]

How about you give a rebuttal then my friend. Don't simply tell me that it's twisted. Prove that I'm wrong (like i proved you were wrong). btw I was wondering, "How can you obey Holy Spirit baptism?" The men in Acts 2 asked Peter, "What shall we do?" He told them to be baptized. If this meant that they were supposed to be baptized with the Holy Spirit, how would they obey that command? Would they go find some Holy Spirit and baptize themselves?

[filoIII]

i find it interesting that no baptismal regenerist ever answers my INITIAL question: why assume the word baptise always means dunked in H2O? nor did YOU answer that. you just piped in. all you proved is that you dont know the Book well. you jump back and forth between Rom 10 & Rom 11 and say "see, they didnt have the Holy Ghost." it's difficult to determine what you're asking. you cant assume the Gentiles in Acts (33 a.d.) are in the same circumstance as those in Romans (60 a.d.)

[cqghost]

Also i asked if you can obey Holy Spirit baptism. That was MY answer to your theory. But ofcourse YOU didn't answer. The Jews in Acts2 asked Peter, "What shall we do?" and Peter told them to repent and be baptized. If the word baptized in that verse means Holy Spirit baptism, how could they obey that? You can obey water baptism, but not Holy Spirit baptism. The only person who can baptize with the Holy Spirit is God.

[cqghost]

Please tell me when you obeyed the command to be baptized by the Holy Spirit, and also tell me how you did it.

[filoIII]

God would that all men be saved (1Tim 2:4) and come to repentance (2Pet 3:9) In Eph 1 we are told that we receive the Holy Spirit at salavation (not tongues). this solidifies my position, and historical Christianity's position, that a person is saved tirst, then dunked in water. they are baptized in the Holy Spirit first then baptized in water. not the other way around. 2Co 6:2b behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. salvation is the baptism of the Holy Spirit

[filoIII]

did Moses have faith? did Joseph have faith? how bout Noah and Abraham? Issac? or Jacob? how was their faith before the Holy Spirit fully indwelled men?

[cqghost]

"Peter's not talking about a Divine order, he's simply talking about things that indicate you are truly saved. Hmm this is false. If Acts 2:38 talks about things that indicate you are saved, then both REPENTANCE and BAPTISM indicate that you are saved. According to your beliefs, you believe you must repent to be saved. So if baptism is an indication of your salvation, then so is repentance because they are connected by the word AND. "repent AND each one you be baptized"

[filoIII]

reread my initial comment. why do you assume it's water baptism and not Holy Ghost baptism like John the Baptist said? secondly, if it is repent and be baptized in H2O, which it may be, the word for in the dictionary also means because of. repent and be baptized (in water) BECAUSE OF the remission of sins. taking that w/ Acts 10, them getting the Holy Spirit THEN dunked in water seems to line up w/ conventional Christianity and not johnny come lately baptismal regeneration.

[cqghost]

first of all i answered the BECAUSE OF comment. Read my post. I will not repeat it. Do you believe that repentance is BECAUSE OF salvation? Also, I didn't jump between Rom 10 and 11. I used the scripture that says, "faith comes from hearing..." if you don't think that applies to the Gentiles in Acts 10&11, then you don't know the Book well.

[filoIII]

i cant find your post. in acts 2:38, baptized is after the comma of repent. if it was taken out of the sentence the meaning of the sentence wouldn't change. similar to a prepositional phrase Rom 10:9-10 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.--i dont see dunked in water here.

[cqghost]

Well I found my Acts 2:38 Comment. It's on page 2. Did you know that in the Greek there were no commas nor any other punctuation. The United Bible Society and many other scholars will tell you that repentance and baptism is connected.

[cqghost]

is should be are*

[filoIII]

the fad of using the original hebrew/greek is a return to romaninsm. the priests supposedly only knew what the scriptures meant.they read the Bible in Latin, and to make it seem to the laymen that they were so knowledgeable. listen to us cause only we know what the real meaning is. no different w/ this modern movement. i dont place much stock in a statement like yours,because there are NUMEROUS greek/hebrew dictionaries, lexicons, & interliners that dont agree w/ one another.which one is yours?

[cqghost]

Also just because baptism isn't mentioned in some verses, that doesn't mean that it is negated. Acts2:38 doesn't mention belief, or faith. So is belief negated?

[filoIII]

repentance encompasses belief and faith

[filoIII]

like i said, repentance is separated from baptism by a comma, declaring baptism to not be the main focus. so which greek dictionary do you use of the hundreds of greek dictionaries that dont agree w/ ea. other?

[cqghost]

I used the United Bible Society's Bible translators handbook. It's given to every Bible translator. And it specifically says that Repentance and Baptism are connected. Also the Editor of the Thomas Nelson publishing will tell you that Repentance and Baptism are connected. And again I say, in the original Greek there were no commas

[cqghost]

Which Greek Scholar told you that they were not connected?

[cqghost]

The thing about Lexicons is: It's only a dictionary. It doesn't tell you about sentence structure. That is why i have letters from many prominent Greek scholars telling me that repentance and baptism is connected.

[cqghost]

is should be are*

[filoIII]

there was a woman who looked at a greek dictionary and exclaimed, "WOW! this lines up exactly w/ the niv." first of all the niv is translated from catholic documents, and secondly, it turns out the greek dictionary she thought lined up so well w/ the niv was translated FROM the niv. you're falling for the trap of the return to romanism. i think we're done here.

[cqghost]

Well you totally ignored my comment. I didn't use a lexicon because they don't tell you about the sentence structure. i sent a letter to many Greek scholars and Bible translators and asked them if repentance and baptism were connected. All of them said responded with some form of yes. And btw that last comment was so confusing. But anyway you totally ignored my reply to your comment. repent and baptism are connected.

[filoIII]

why do baptismal regenerists think that baptize ALWAYS means dunked in water? Lu 3:16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: there's 3 in that verse alone. why cant Acts2:38 mean repent and be baptized in the Holy Ghost? if it does mean water, for can also mean 'because of"-repent and be baptized BECAUSE OF remission of sin

[johnankerberg]

Thank you for your comments. The word baptism means "immersed", so that is why many denominations immerse you in the water. While baptism doesn't save you from your sins, it is an act of submission to let people know that we have given our life to Christ. As we go under the water, it represents our being buried with Christ, as we are raised out of the water, it represents our being raised to newness of life.

Blessings,

JAS Staff

[filoIII]

thanks but my main point of contention is who deemed Acts 2:38 means 'immersed" in water? why cant it mean "immersed" in the Holy Spirit, since John Baptist said that was possible?

[rebelstang]

I was Baptized Twice.

Once in Fla. 1st Grage = 7ys.old

& Again around 10-14. Ohio.

It Helps. Jesus was Baptized by John,

Mostly for Respect & Love of GOD.

Only The Blood of Jesus Christ, Can Save You! HE PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE,

FOR our souls!

without Christ! There is NO Hope!

Deo Vindice!

[cqghost]

Ofcourse, i agree only the blood of Jesus can save you, but how do you get there. "Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life."

[cqghost]

That is Romans 6:3-4

[StayWellYouKn0w]

The late Dr. Walter Martin, nobody did it better... in the 20th Century, of course.

[soloporelsangre]

great explanation! This man has the wisdom of Solomon and the heart of David. I can watch these videos all day long.