BAPTISM DOES NOW SAVE US
The blood of Jesus saves us from our sins
The blood was shed " for the remission of sins."
So what does baptism have to do with the
Blood ?
Peter preached,
" repent and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission" act.2;38note that the expression for the remission of sins is the same as in mat 26;28.. Jesus shed his blood for the remission of sins.
Baptism is for the remission of sins, HOW can both be true ?
The answer is in Romans 6;3-4, which tells us that when we are baptized into Christ we are baptized into his death.. V 3
We contact Christ blood when we obey the gospel in baptism into Christ.
Or do you not know that
as many of us as were baptized into
Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?
4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as
Christ was raised from the
dead by the glory of the
Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
What saves us ? The blood of Christ..
How do we avail ourselves of the blood ?
Through Baptism into Christ.
Is baptism a work of our own merit ? NO
We simply must submit to the will of God.
How can anyone deny the necessity of baptism ?
acts 2;38 says Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the
remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
peter says in 1 pet 3;21 ¶ There is also an antitype which now saves us--baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh,
but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Peter says that baptism SAVES US
You would have to call Peter a liar to say that baptism does not save a person.
You would also be calling God a liar,, He told Peter to write, [ baptism now saves us ]
T. Doy Moyer