Author	Thread: Is Water Baptism a "Work"?
Admin	Is Water Baptism a "Work"? Posted : 6 Oct, 2009 11:53 AM Hi Everyone, One of the misconceptions about Faith and Works debates is dealing with unbiblical concepts such as the "Faith ALONE" belief. This belief basically states that if any physical act we do in any way contributes to our Salvation then it is a "work" and therefore is not the Gospel message. They will also state that those who believe in water Baptism as being a necessary element towards our salvation is not biblical and therefore that person is not a Christian, not saved. For there position to be correct then there cannot be any scriptures whatsoever that link any physical act we do that is linked to our salvation. This is paramount for their theology to be correct. If we can find even just one scripture that links a physical act that we do towards our salvation then their entire theology falls apart and cannot stand. Let's see if there are any such scriptures that shows a physical act that is connected in any way to our salvation. Romans10:9 that if you confess ...WITH YOUR MOUTH... the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, AND WITH THE MOUTH confession is made unto salvation. NKJV Here we see that confession WITH the MOUTH is a physical act that is directly linked to our Salvation. This one passage utterly destroys the "Faith ALONE" theology. So does this imply that works contribute to our Salvation? No it does not. What this verse demonstrates is that not everything we do physically is a work. Let's examine a couple of more. Mark 16: 16 "He who believes AND IS BAPTIZED....will be saved; but he who does not believe[disbelieves] will be condemned. NKJV Notice the grammar in that Baptism is placed before salvation. In other words before salvation occurs Baptism occurs first. Jesus made this a commandment not a suggestion. So is Baptism a work? Titus 3:5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, THROUGH..the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, NKJV What is the "washing of Regeneration? Water Baptism. Notice that it is God who saves us according to HIS mercy,..."THROUGH the washing of regeneration ...AND the renewing of the Holy Spirit". Notice how Paul separated works of righteousness from "the washing of regeneration". This is significant! This again demonstrates that not all physical acts are "works or righteousness" as the unbiblical Faith ALONE" believers claim. Notice that it is God who saves us, not ourselves, but notice WHERE He chooses to save us.....THROUGH the washing of regeneration, through water Baptism. It is not the water that saves us. Water Baptism is the LOCATION or OCCASION where God saves us under most normal circumstances. This is the rule! Mark 16: 16 "He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe[disbelieves] will be condemned. NKJV �Or are ye ignorant that all we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life� (Rom. 6:3-4). �For ye are all sons of God, through faith, in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ did put on Christ� (Gal. 3:26-27). Blessings! In Christ, Walter Post Reply
DontHitThatMark View Profile History	Is Water Baptism a "Work"? Posted : 10 Oct, 2009 02:48 PM ...so if you're not baptized like Jesus was....will you be saved? :peace::peace: Post Reply

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