I assume the catholics edited these scriptures and removed "WATER" from them?
Act 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Rom 5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood (
and water), we shall be saved from wrath through him.
Eph 1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood (
and water), the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Col 1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross (
and water), by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Col 1:21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
Col 1:22 In the body of his flesh through death (
and water), to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
Heb 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood (
and water); and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Rom 5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood (
and water), we shall be saved from wrath through him.
1Jn 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son (
and water) cleanseth us from all sin.
I'm not sure what the catholic bible really has in their scriptures, but I highly doubt they have the above examples.
Really? We are so focused on water baptism and how one must say the words, that we ignore the rest of the scriptures that are completely EVIDENT when it comes to how one must be saved. Reading this thread almost gave me a headache
And really saddened me that we have become to legalistic that we argue over things unrelated to our salvation in Him and Him alone!
If it were so important for us to be baptized in water to be saved, then the following verses would have said:
Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him (
and is water baptized) should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Joh 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved (
if they believe and are water baptized).
Act 2:21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord (
and get water baptized) shall be saved.
Act 16:30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
Act 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ (
and get water baptized) , and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
And the list goes on... I mean, I would think that Christ would DEFINITELY tell us how to be saved, without a shadow of a doubt.... uh... since He's the one that chose to die for us and 'save' us. I mean, isn't salvation His purpose?
SMH! You guys are just silly! And in being silly, you may just cause someone to stumble in all u're legalistic theological 'opinions'.
With that said, if someone's worried about water baptism, just get baptized. In the name of Jesus or in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit! It's not for your salvation, but is something I think we should desire if we are saved. God knows the intent of your hearts, and He also knows if u're saying Jesus, Yeshua, Lesu , Yesu, Jezus, or whatever language you call His name by. God also knows whom you refer to if you say, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
This back and forth will just confuse some people, so I hope they take the time to continue reading so they can have peace in their lives and realize all this nonsense is just legalism and not scriptural. You get saved through Christ and Christ ALONE! ANYTHING added to this is called "Legalism"
Please read ALL scripture before you try and explain water baptism. One cannot just take bits and pieces of scripture and form a theological idea without taking the scriptures in their entirety. Unfortunately, this happens a lot.
