Under the law, it is equated with:
"FOR the remission of sins" (
Mark 1:4;
Luke 3:3;
Acts 2:38), "being born,"?
and:
also with "rejecting the Counsel of God" (
Luke 7:29-30), not "being born"?
Nothing in any of these about
burial:
More
Confusing symbolism? Where is your "ritual" for crucifixion and death,
Before your symbolic burial and resurrection? Note: there is not one "word
about
water" in
Romans 6:3-6.
*
1) IF you are still "DEAD in sin,"
Before your symbolic burial, THEN you are NOT
saved Until
After you "rise up out of the supposed
symbolic water," being "risen
to a new life," Correct? And you say "water does not save you." Make up our mind:
True,
Under GRACE, but not so, "under the law."
2) IF you are already "saved by belief," then 1) is UNnecessary, Correct?
Conflation, Correct? In fact, there is Massive Division in the Body Of Christ
over this very conflation, but I won't spell them out again. They are in
# 122.
Instead, let us work on this Solution to the Divisive Conflation:
God’s Doctrine of ONE Baptism, Under His GRACE!
Is God’s Doctrine of ONE Baptism, as many think, water?
We are [
Key Word]
Spiritually Identified With (Baptized Into)
CHRIST,
HIS Crucifixion, HIS Death, HIS Burial, And HIS Resurrection!
(Sounds like The Greatest News I've Ever heard!), so…
...some of The
Confirming (non-
water) Scriptures:
Romans 6:3 ...Baptized Into JESUS CHRIST...Baptized Into His Death!
Romans 6:4 ...Buried With Him By Baptism Into Death!
How
exactly, does a physical rite put us into an
Event that took
place 2000 years ago? Men can do God's Operation?
Romans 6:6 ...Crucified (JESUS' Baptism) With Him! - And also:
“For as many of you as Have Been
Baptized Into
CHRIST Have Put On CHRIST!” (
Galatians 3:27)
How does a
physical ritual "Baptize us into a
Spiritual Organism"?
In addition, there is
No water Found “In
God's Context” Of Any Of
These Baptism Passages! Precious friend(s), do you
Agree With God?
Or, can we simply
Add/Infer water into
His Context "to fit" another
view?
With The SuperNatural Help Of The Blessed Holy Spirit, And Comparing
Spiritual Scripture
With Spiritual Scriptures (
1 Corinthians 2:13),
This ONE Baptism Makes us
Spiritually:
“
Complete In Him, Who Is The Head Of
All principality and power!”
(
Colossians 2:10), having:
“...The Circumcision Made
Without hands { God’s Operation? }
...The Circumcision Of CHRIST!” (
Colossians 2:11), And
Spiritually:
“Buried With Him In Baptism, Wherein Also ye Are Risen With
Him Through The Faith Of The OPERATION Of God, Who
Hath Raised Him From The Dead!” (
Colossians 2:12)
Again
, No water In
God's Context here, Either, Correct?
Further:
“Not by works of righteousness {water?} which we have done, But
According To
His Mercy He Saved us By The Washing Of Regeneration
{Operation Of God’s
BLOOD? }, And RENEWING Of The Holy Ghost!”
(
Titus 3:5)
“Which
He Shed on us Abundantly Through
JESUS CHRIST our SAVIOUR!”
(
Titus 3:6)
This Should “Complete The
Spiritual OPERATION” of The Triune GodHead,
But, Are we done “Comparing
All The Scriptures” Of The ONE Baptism?
All diligent students
Should see That, In:
The Revelation Of The Mystery (Gospel Of GRACE For "us Today”),
with a Prayerful and Careful study, Rightly Divided, God Teaches:
Ephesians 4:5 KJB, Clearly States: “...One LORD, one faith,
ONE Baptism...”
{but, perchance Paul
was mistaken, and he really meant
two? [God's Math?]}
So, What Saith The Holy Scriptures “In God's
Context,” About This ONE Baptism?:
“Endeavouring to keep The Unity Of The Spirit in the bond of Peace!
There is One Body, and One Spirit, even as ye are called in One hope
of your calling; One LORD, One faith,
ONE Baptism, One God And Father
of ALL, Who Is Above ALL, and through All, and In you All!”
(
Ephesians 4:3-6)
Are we
All Really "endeavouring to keep this "Unity"? (not so, in
# 122?)
Now, unless we are mistaken, there are 3 choices of understanding
God’s Context In This Critically Important Passage!:
1) all “physical” {
Wrong "unity" } = Destruction of “HIS Context," agreed?
2) “combo” of 6 Spiritual + 1 “physical,” lifted “out, and”
→ “isolated”
From His Context, to be
interpreted as: “water” baptism =
Mixed
Destruction {
No Unity! } Of
God's Context, agreed?
3) These
Seven Unities Of God's Spirit are
All Spiritual, so
now we kindly/humbly ask, Is God’s ONE Baptism “Spiritual”?
Let us, Finally:
Make ONE More "Scriptural
Comparison" (
1 Corinthians 2:13), And Ask:
“What Saith The Scripture?” And, The ONE Answer we
hear, From God, IS:
For 'BY' ONE Spirit are we all Baptized Into ONE Body,
whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond
or free; And Have Been ALL Made To Drink Into ONE Spirit!"
UNITED! Or Severely Divided?
If
This "ONE Baptism" Is Not =
“The OPERATION Of God,”
then we would have to
concede that it is:
men & religion with ‘water' that saves us – any takers?
{ Please advise: Is it not sin to take God’s “Spiritual
Operation" Of "ONE
Baptism," and for men To “ADD to IT Or Replace IT with”
water? Is this
[
Wrongly Combining, instead of
"Rightly Dividing, God's Word of Truth" ]
not why the “weak And
Severely Divided Church” is Throughly Confused? }
“For
God Is not
The Author of confusion, but
Of PEACE,
as in ALL churches of the saints!” (
1 Corinthians 14:33 KJB!)
Amen?
Thus, All
True Believers who come to God, In The Way God Has
Prescribed In His HOLY WORD, By The Gospel Of The GRACE Of God,
And Place Complete 100% faith In:
The LORD JESUS CHRIST, In HIS Precious BLOOD, And In HIS Resurrection!
Will ALWAYS have
spiritual UNITY!, In:
God's “Spiritual OPERATION” Of
Eternal Salvation For EverMore! Amen?
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Conclusion: IF men (this
study being Incorrect?) are "going to insist on
water symbolism," then please "Be
Consistent" in
Adding/Inferring water
in Romans and Colossians' baptisms, and make sure and give ALL the
symbolisms for: "crucifixion, death, burial, resurrection,
And, circumcision"!
So that there will be
No more
stress, Ok?
GRACE And Peace...