You think not, but it doesn't matter what you think. What matters is what God says. You guys kill me. You all want to say "It's good to get baptized" or " you should get baptized" but you claim it doesn't do anything. Then why "should" you do it? or what makes it "good" to do. If baptism is only a profession of your faith, you can do that with your mouth, or with the way you live. Why get baptized at all? What is happening is that you guys can't deny water baptism all together because its in the word to many times and too many people obeyed God and did it so you "have" to say something good about it. But you still deny that it's necessary. Well, deny all you want, you are calling Jesus a liar, not anybody else. He is the one that said is was necessary to get into the Kingdom of God.
1 Peter 3:21
The like figure whereunto
even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer
of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:
1 Peter 3:16
having a
good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your
good conversation in Christ.
Hebrews 13:18
Pray for us: for we trust we have a
good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
1 Timothy 1:19
holding faith, and a
good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:
1 Timothy 1:5
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and
of a
good conscience, and
of faith unfeigned:
The above is why I got water Baptized after I was made alive in Spirit and truth by God, in appreciation and not for membership in the worlds Churches, where they say we are right and the others are wrong, unless we recognize them
How wrong of mankind, to do this to anyone. as it appears has been done to you Apostolic862004
God is the teacher and the Kingdom is of heaven in Spirit and truth
[h=1]Hebrews 8:1-11Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)[/h]8 Now of the things which we have spoken
this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; [SUP]2 [/SUP]
a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. [SUP]3 [/SUP]For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore
it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. [SUP]4 [/SUP]For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: [SUP]5 [/SUP]who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he,
that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. [SUP]6 [/SUP]But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
[SUP]7 [/SUP]For if that first
covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. [SUP]8 [/SUP]For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: [SUP]9 [/SUP]not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. [SUP]10 [/SUP]For this
is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
[SUP]11 [/SUP]and they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.