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Is Baptism Necessary For Salvation? Debate Between Matt Slick And Tim Kernan
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August 5, 2013 at 4:51 am
“In Baptism, the believer is making a public profession of his faith in Christ. He or she is outwardly displaying an agreement with Christ`s death, burial and resurrection by obeying Christ’s command to be baptized. Being baptized in water is simply and only an outward sign of the inner work of the Holy Spirit.”
This is the Baptist/evangelical doctrine of the “Ordinance of Believer’s Baptism”. There is a small problem, however, there is not one single verse in the Bible that makes this statement. However there are many verses that say:
“Repent and be baptized for the forgiveness of sins”
“He that believes and is baptized shall be saved”
“Why do you wait, get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins”
“Baptism now saves us”You can twist and contort the Bible to say most anything. However, the plain, simple interpretation of the Bible says that God saves and forgives sins in Baptism. Orthodox Christians have believed this plain, simple interpretation of God’s Word, that God saves in Holy Baptism, since the days of the Apostles. Numerous historical records from the first three centuries of Christianity confirm this interpretation of Scripture. The Baptist/evangelical belief that Baptism is simply and only OUR act of obedience/OUR public profession of faith is a sixteenth century false teaching of Swiss Ana-Baptists, and in the seventeenth century, the Baptists. There is no historical evidence whatsoever in the first 800-1,000 years of Christianity of ANYONE believing this concept of Baptism.
Baptism is GOD’S act of saving sinners. He does all the work of salvation, you and your “decision for Christ” are not needed or allowed to help save you. God does 100% of the saving! Period.
For more information on the true means of salvation, I encourage you to visit the official website of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, an orthodox Christian Church that adheres to the doctrines of the Early Christian Church.
Hi Gary.
Is true that the Church has taught and believed that baptism is part of your salvation already with the beginning of the second generations believers, but it does not mean it’s true! If the Bible is the highest authority of doing theology this view raises Biblical difficulties, it is simple not in line with the Word.
I am dealing with this issue in my article “Is Baptism Necessary For Salvation?”. http://lifeministries.eu/2013/03/27/is-baptism-necessary-for-salvation/