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If water baptism saves, then why did Jesus have to die and shed His precious blood for the remission of sin?
Water never has and never will "wash away" sins. Without the shedding of blood, there is NO REMISSION of sin. Jesus shed His blood on the cross of Calvary for the REMISSION of the "sin of the world". The shedding of blood in the OT sacrifices were a "shadow" of the final and complete sacrifice of Christ:
Leviticus 17:10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Leviticus 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Hebrews 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
1 Peter 1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
1 Peter 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
Water baptism is an ordinance of the church and is SYMBOLIC/FIGURE (1 Peter 3:21) of our profession (calling on the Name of the Lord -- Romans 10:13) of faith:
Romans 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Romans 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Water never has and never will "wash away" sins. Without the shedding of blood, there is NO REMISSION of sin. Jesus shed His blood on the cross of Calvary for the REMISSION of the "sin of the world". The shedding of blood in the OT sacrifices were a "shadow" of the final and complete sacrifice of Christ:
Leviticus 17:10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Leviticus 17:11 For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Hebrews 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
John 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
1 Peter 1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
1 Peter 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
Water baptism is an ordinance of the church and is SYMBOLIC/FIGURE (1 Peter 3:21) of our profession (calling on the Name of the Lord -- Romans 10:13) of faith:
Romans 6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Romans 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
you say baptism is an ordinance of the church? Please provide scripture to support that.