Hello World:
Just for the record, I have been water baptized. I was immersed completely under the water and brought back up. I have also been circumcised. In St Matthew Chapter 28: Verse 19, Jesus commands His disciples to baptize in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. So, I do not want people to think I am saying you or they should not be water baptized. I am just saying that according to God it does NOT save you or make you born-again.
So, I encourage TRUE FOLLOWERS of Jesus Christ, if possible, to get baptized. Do or try to do everything Jesus said to do. However, again, you are not going to miss Heaven because you were not baptized with water. There are plenty of people who went to Heaven, and still are, who were not water baptized.
So, if the world ended or you are about to die, and you have not been water baptized, as long as you truly believe, confessed to God and follow Jesus Christ you do not have to sweat or worry about eternity, because you will be with God.
To paraphrase, not quote exactly, in Jewish tradition under the law, something similar to baptism was performed in the Old Testament times. God required His people to wash themselves with water to purify their bodies, if they were involved in certain situations or unclean situations.
One situation that made a person unclean was handling a dead body. Afterwhich, a person was required to wash his or her clothes, and wash THEMSELVES with water. Depending on what the person did to become unclean, not necessarily handling a dead body, but other things.
The person in addition to washing everything in water had to wait a time frame outside of the camp before they would be considered clean again. The timeframe varied depending on what was done from the evening of the same day to 3 to 7 days.
Also, Jews had a tradition of water immersion of new converts to Judaism. It is also believed that according to records found that around 3 B.C. during Jesus' time, that water baptism was actually done with the person standing in the water, while a minister poured water over that person's body. So, they actually were not immersed under, supposedly. Again, I am just paraphrasing.
All in all, WATER BAPTISM IS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY SAVED BELIEVERS OR WHO ALREADY ARE BORN-AGAIN. Water baptism is NOT for the unsaved. You become saved or born-again, as I pointed out many times in this blog, by believing on Jesus Christ, and repenting of your sins and confessing to God and following the lifestyle of Jesus Christ. After a person does that THEN they should go get water baptized, and NOT before.
Water baptism should not come before acceptance of Jesus Christ and confession of sins. That is what I meant, before in part 3, by water baptism being in competition against Jesus Christ which is a false route people are taking.
I also mentioned, before, that there are 3 types of baptism. The 3 types are; the baptism into Jesus Christ and the family of God, the baptism of God's Spirit for service, and then water baptism. Of the three baptisms, only the baptism into Jesus Christ can save or make one born-again. That baptism into Jesus Christ, which is a spiritual event, is when one acknowledges they are a sinner, and repents and believe on Jesus in their heart and with confession of their mouth.
Referring back to what I mentioned in Installment 1 of this series, in the book of Ephesians Chapter 4: Verse 5; when Paul states that there is one faith, one Lord, one baptism, he is not saying that there is only one type of baptism. He is saying that there is only one baptism to be saved or enter into the body of Christ and kingdom of God.
That one baptism to be saved or born-again is, again, the baptism into Jesus Christ, by FAITH, NOT by water. That is not saying or meaning that water baptism should not exist or the Spirit baptism, for each are different with different purposes as I mentioned before.
I am going to take a break here, and return to explain that there is such a thing as the sinner's prayer in the Bible; and explain how important it is to believe in and confess to Jesus, NOT to a man or Catholic priest, but to Jesus Christ the High Priest.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Water Baptism Does Not Save Install.5
Hello World:
To be born-again or to receive salvation one must believe and accept Jesus as the Savior. For those who believe, Our sins are washed away by His, Jesus', shed blood. NOT by water. Again, Jesus body and blood sacrifice to God, for us, cleanses us, SPIRITUALLY, to be worthy to be with God in eternity. That is very important to understand, because what Jesus did and us accepting what Jesus did is what God REQUIRES.
Scripture Reference St. John, Chapter 1: Verse 19; "And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priest and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?"
Verse 20; "And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ."
verse 21; "And they asked him, what then? Art thou Elias? Ad he saith, I am not. Art thou that that prophet? and he answered, No."
Verse 22; "Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?"
Verse 23; "He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias."
Verse 24; "And they that were sent were of the Pharisees."
Verse 25; "And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?"
Verse 26; "John answered them saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;"
Verse 27; "He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose."
Verse 28; "These things were done in Beth-aba-ra beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing."
Verse 29; "The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, WHICH TAKETH AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD."
Verse 30; "This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me."
Verse 31; "And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water."
Translation of what John the Baptist is saying in the above scriptures, especially in verse 29, is Jesus taketh away the sin of the world, or your sins, not water baptism. In other words, God used John's baptizing people with water, first to Israel, as a sign or symbol of the messiah and what He would do, which led up to the actual manifestation of the Savior or Messiah, Jesus Christ; who died for us to save us from our sins, was buried, but conquered death is risen.
To be born-again or to receive salvation one must believe and accept Jesus as the Savior. For those who believe, Our sins are washed away by His, Jesus', shed blood. NOT by water. Again, Jesus body and blood sacrifice to God, for us, cleanses us, SPIRITUALLY, to be worthy to be with God in eternity. That is very important to understand, because what Jesus did and us accepting what Jesus did is what God REQUIRES.
Scripture Reference St. John, Chapter 1: Verse 19; "And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priest and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?"
Verse 20; "And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ."
verse 21; "And they asked him, what then? Art thou Elias? Ad he saith, I am not. Art thou that that prophet? and he answered, No."
Verse 22; "Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?"
Verse 23; "He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias."
Verse 24; "And they that were sent were of the Pharisees."
Verse 25; "And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?"
Verse 26; "John answered them saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;"
Verse 27; "He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose."
Verse 28; "These things were done in Beth-aba-ra beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing."
Verse 29; "The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, WHICH TAKETH AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD."
Verse 30; "This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me."
Verse 31; "And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water."
Translation of what John the Baptist is saying in the above scriptures, especially in verse 29, is Jesus taketh away the sin of the world, or your sins, not water baptism. In other words, God used John's baptizing people with water, first to Israel, as a sign or symbol of the messiah and what He would do, which led up to the actual manifestation of the Savior or Messiah, Jesus Christ; who died for us to save us from our sins, was buried, but conquered death is risen.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Water Baptism Does Not Save Install.4
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Again, water baptism does not save anyone. You do NOT go to Heaven or enter into the kingdom of God by being water baptized; again, NO! I really want these quotes I am making here on water baptism to be very clear. I said I would explain the specific purpose of people being water baptized by John. So, here we go.
Scripture Reference St. Mark Chapter 11: Verse 27; "And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests and the scribes, and the elders,"
Verse 28; "And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things?"
Verse 29; "And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things."
Verse 30; "The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me."
Verse 31; "And they reasoned with themselves, saying, if we shall say, From Heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?"
Verse 32; "But if we shall say, of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed."
Verse 33; "And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things."
Allright, I want to make some points about those scriptures. It can be seen that all the religious know it alls came to Jesus to give him problems. Jesus knowing their hearts turned the tables on them with a question of his own, putting the religious people on the spot.
Now it should be noticed that the scriptures said, that they, the scribes priest and elders, feared the people. In other words, they did not fear God, but the people. So, they were not thinking about how God felt about their answer. So, they put people over God in that situation, which shows they were no good. If they were righteous, they would not have questioned Jesus, and believed or knew that Jesus had authority from the Most High God of Heaven.
In any event, as regards to John baptizing with water. The baptism of John was from Heaven. In me saying that, do not be confused. The Baptism of John was endorsed by God as a sign of the Savior, but, again, NOT for salvation. I am going to prove this with the very words of John the Baptist, himself.
Henceforth, I am not finished; because of the number scriptures here and several more scriptures I need to add, I will need to continue on John the baptist, baptizing in the next post.
Again, water baptism does not save anyone. You do NOT go to Heaven or enter into the kingdom of God by being water baptized; again, NO! I really want these quotes I am making here on water baptism to be very clear. I said I would explain the specific purpose of people being water baptized by John. So, here we go.
Scripture Reference St. Mark Chapter 11: Verse 27; "And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests and the scribes, and the elders,"
Verse 28; "And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things?"
Verse 29; "And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things."
Verse 30; "The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me."
Verse 31; "And they reasoned with themselves, saying, if we shall say, From Heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?"
Verse 32; "But if we shall say, of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed."
Verse 33; "And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things."
Allright, I want to make some points about those scriptures. It can be seen that all the religious know it alls came to Jesus to give him problems. Jesus knowing their hearts turned the tables on them with a question of his own, putting the religious people on the spot.
Now it should be noticed that the scriptures said, that they, the scribes priest and elders, feared the people. In other words, they did not fear God, but the people. So, they were not thinking about how God felt about their answer. So, they put people over God in that situation, which shows they were no good. If they were righteous, they would not have questioned Jesus, and believed or knew that Jesus had authority from the Most High God of Heaven.
In any event, as regards to John baptizing with water. The baptism of John was from Heaven. In me saying that, do not be confused. The Baptism of John was endorsed by God as a sign of the Savior, but, again, NOT for salvation. I am going to prove this with the very words of John the Baptist, himself.
Henceforth, I am not finished; because of the number scriptures here and several more scriptures I need to add, I will need to continue on John the baptist, baptizing in the next post.
Monday, October 04, 2010
Water Baptism Does Not Save Install.3
Hello World:
Referring back to installment 1 on this water baptism series, when Jesus was answering Nicodemus question about how to be born again from St. John Chapter 3, Jesus in NO WAY is saying that man or mankind need to be baptized or immersed in water to receive salvation or enter into the kingdom of God.
I want to point out that the above also applies to other scriptures referring to baptism in St. Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38 with Peter talking, and Acts 22:16. Also, it should be clear that in Titus 3: 5-6, God is talking about the washing of REBIRTH and RENEWAL, that is spiritual, which is the second part of the sequence Jesus was talking about that I brought out in the first post on this topic.
A major problem that exist concerning preachers and ministers promoting water baptism for salvation is that it is a competing interest AGAINST believing and accepting Jesus Christ as Savior. That, water baptism, being in competition AGAINST Jesus Christ is WRONG. Anyone teaching that to be born again or saved, one needs to be water baptized is teaching falsely and leading people astray.
Several things about water baptism are as follows. Water baptism precedes Jesus Christ in the flesh on earth and before His sacrifice on the cross. John the Baptist was baptizing people before Jesus came on the scene. John even baptized Jesus. So, for those who who aspire to water baptism, you mean to tell me that Jesus Christ needed to be saved or born-again from sin??? NOT!!!!
Are you also telling me that those who were baptized by John and the disciples were saved before Jesus was crucified on the cross and rose??? Another thing, none of the OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS were baptized. There is no record of that in scriptures.
That above being the case, how did Abraham, David and others get saved??? I know how and it is because they did NOT need water baptism. It can be seen that the belief of water baptism for salvation makes no sense and is false, because it would nullify what Jesus did for us on the cross. Coming soon, I explain about John baptizing with water.
Referring back to installment 1 on this water baptism series, when Jesus was answering Nicodemus question about how to be born again from St. John Chapter 3, Jesus in NO WAY is saying that man or mankind need to be baptized or immersed in water to receive salvation or enter into the kingdom of God.
I want to point out that the above also applies to other scriptures referring to baptism in St. Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38 with Peter talking, and Acts 22:16. Also, it should be clear that in Titus 3: 5-6, God is talking about the washing of REBIRTH and RENEWAL, that is spiritual, which is the second part of the sequence Jesus was talking about that I brought out in the first post on this topic.
A major problem that exist concerning preachers and ministers promoting water baptism for salvation is that it is a competing interest AGAINST believing and accepting Jesus Christ as Savior. That, water baptism, being in competition AGAINST Jesus Christ is WRONG. Anyone teaching that to be born again or saved, one needs to be water baptized is teaching falsely and leading people astray.
Several things about water baptism are as follows. Water baptism precedes Jesus Christ in the flesh on earth and before His sacrifice on the cross. John the Baptist was baptizing people before Jesus came on the scene. John even baptized Jesus. So, for those who who aspire to water baptism, you mean to tell me that Jesus Christ needed to be saved or born-again from sin??? NOT!!!!
Are you also telling me that those who were baptized by John and the disciples were saved before Jesus was crucified on the cross and rose??? Another thing, none of the OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS were baptized. There is no record of that in scriptures.
That above being the case, how did Abraham, David and others get saved??? I know how and it is because they did NOT need water baptism. It can be seen that the belief of water baptism for salvation makes no sense and is false, because it would nullify what Jesus did for us on the cross. Coming soon, I explain about John baptizing with water.
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