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kelman -> RE: Are you saved but not baptized? (9/6/2008 6:23:28 AM)
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Not so. In this parable, we find Jesus declaring the publican justified without water baptism - "And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other:...." Well, of course the publican was justified without baptism. First of all, if you're going to use this as an example of someone becoming a Christian, you have to realize that the publican was already a Jew, therefore his justification had nothing to do with salvation. Justification has everthing to do with salvation for the OT Jew just as it does for everyone else. quote:
Secondly, even if it did have to do with his salvation, he would not have to had been baptized since baptism was not a requirement for salvation under the Old Testament Law. Just as it is not a requirement in the NT era. quote:
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I believe that the "washing of regeneration" in Titus 3:5 is referring precisely to baptism. In fact, Titus 3:5 is one of the dozen or so verses that tell us that baptism is the time and place of regeneration. There's really no reason to since the verse doesn't even mention baptism, let alone water baptism. It speaks only of the Holy Spirit regenerating the sinner. Yes, it speaks of the Holy Spirit regenerating the sinner when the sinner is literally "washed." The only literal "washing" that a penitent believer undergoes is baptism. It is you who said the Baptism with the Holy Spirit did not mean a literal "washing". Besides, the verse says that it is NOT by our "works of righteousness" which would mean water baptism. We see Jesus saying precisely this in Mat 3:15 "And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him." In addition, when do we ever see water baptism spoken of as "washing" in Scripture?...never.
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