Baptism

Jack Reynolds

Republican

United States Congress
Indiana's District 7

Water Baptism Will Not Save You

False Religious Groups teach Water Baptism Salvation

In 2001 millions of Hindus were baptized in ignorance to “wash away their sins” in the Ganges River in India!
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops declares in 2001: “The faithful are born anew by Baptism...Baptism is necessary for salvation....”
False “Protestant” groups (Seventh Day Adventists, many Pentecostal groups, Christian Church, Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Church of Christ, Episcopalians, Lutherans , Orthodox churches, some Baptist churches, and so on) baptize people “in the name of Jesus,” or “in the name of the father, son and holy ghost” mistakenly to “wash away their sins,” or make them a “new creature.”

Why Water Baptism Will Not Save you From Hell

Neither Hindu water baptism nor “Christian” water baptism will wash away your sins or save you from eternal torment in Hell.
There is one baptism (Ephesians 4:5).
That one baptism is found in Mark 1:8: John the Baptist said “I indeed have baptized you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.” Also, Acts 1:5: “For John truly baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.”
After trusting Jesus with a pure heart, you receive the Holy Spirit : Ephesians 1:8: “After ye believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.”
One sign of having the Holy Spirit is telling others about Jesus (Acts 1:8).
Paul implied water baptism was not part of the “Gospel” in I Corinthians 1:17 when he declared that he was not sent by Christ to baptize, but to preach the Gospel.
Paul defined the Gospel in I Cor. 15:1-8, and did not mention water baptism.

The scriptures used by false churches that teach water baptism salvation reveal that those verses do not teach their false doctrine:

Acts 2:38: The “for” in Acts 2:38 is the Greek word “eis,” which means “referring to.” If Paul had meant to say we are baptized to be saved, he would have used the Greek word “hina,” which means “to.” This principle also applies to Romans 6:3.
Nowhere in Acts 8:12 does it say one must be water baptized for salvation.
In Romans 6:4 & Colossians 2:12 it says we are “buried with him by baptism unto death...” A “burial” is not salvation. Colossians 2:12 correctly shows that what saves us is, “risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.”
Acts 2:41 does not say what a Church of Christ flyer sent to me says--“They who received (Believed) the Word were added to the saved by Baptism.” That is not what the verse says. Instead, the verse declares, “Then they that gladly received his word were baptized....” It does not say that baptism was essential for salvation, but merely states that they were baptized after they believed.
The Ethiopian in Acts Chapter 8. This is obviously not an example of water baptism being essential for salvation. In verse 37 Philip said “If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest...” The eunuch believed. Then he was baptized. This story does not say that the water baptism was essential for his salvation.
Saul’s case in Acts Chapters 9 & 22 does not say baptism was necessary for his salvation. In Acts 22:16 Ananias told Paul to “...Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.” What Ananias told Paul is not true, as the Bible sometimes uses figurative language. In this case, the Spirit of God tells us in Acts 9:17 what actually happened. Ananias put his hands on Paul so that Paul could receive his sight. Paul was then filled with the Holy Ghost. Obviously, Ananias had used figurative language in Acts 22:16.
On a related issue, the blind man in Luke 18: 35-43 was saved by faith in Jesus and there is no record he was baptized!
In Acts Chapter 10 it is recorded that Cornelious received the Holy Ghost before he was baptized. If salvation is acquired when water baptized, then the passage is saying that the Holy Spirit will enter the unsaved. Once again, it does not say that the baptism was part of the salvation process.
I Peter 3:21 says the “like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us...” This means that only in some figurative sense was Noah saved by water. Furthermore, baptism is called a “figure.” The purpose of water as used in the scriptures is to serve as a symbol of the work of God (Ephesians 5:25-26).
John 3:5. Jesus’ reference to “water” in this verse refers to our birth out of our mother’s womb in water. This is illustrated in verse 6: “That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”
Romans 6:1-4. Once again the “into” in this verse is “eis,” which means “in reference to.” Furthermore, the next verse calls baptism a “burial.”
Matthew 28: 19-20 does not mention anything about water. When a person sincerely trusts Jesus then they are baptized with the Holy Ghost as mentioned above.
In Mark 16:16 it says what damned them is not believing, not not being baptized.
Galatians 3:27. The previous verse (26) says “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.” When the next verse says, “For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ,” it is referring to the Holy Spirit Baptism mentioned above.

New Testament People Saved with no mention of Water Baptism

The New Testament has several additional examples of people who were saved without any evidence they were water baptized. Examples include the penitent woman in Luke 7:37-50; a publican in Luke 18: 13-14, the paralytic man in Matthew 9:2, etc.

More Evidence Water Baptism does not Save

Matthew 3:15 calls baptism a work of righteousness, but in Titus 3:5 it says you are not saved by works of righteousness.
In John 6:28-29 Jesus was asked what we must do to do the works of God, he said to believe on Him.

True Salvation-The Blood

Millions of people are in Hell now because they believed their Satanic Protestant pastors or Catholic priests who told them they must be water baptized to be saved.

What really washes away your sins is the Blood Jesus Shed when he was executed!

Colossians 1:14: “In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.”

Hebrew 9: 22: “And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.”

Revelation 1:5: “And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood.”

Don’t be another victim of Satan’s lie and have to spend forever in the Lake of Fire being tormented.

Repent and Trust Jesus with a pure heart while you still have time.

Romans 10:9-10 & 13: “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...For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”

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