After many years of hearing, reading and believing that we MUST be water baptized to be truly saved, there has been a shift in that belief as I have prayed, studied and searched.
The idea of first being born of water has me starting to look at the Nicodemus passage differently. I can't get the idea that first born of water has nothing to do with baptism in water but being in the mothers womb surrounded by a sac of amniotic fluid. When the time for birth comes, that sack of water bursts, and the baby is born in a rush of water, entering the world as a new creature. Born again=begotten again. I have also been thinking that water baptism is simply a public confession to celebrate new life and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord. Also, I think the act itself, signifies the washing away of sins.
"1Peter 1:23 - for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God."
Anybody have any thoughts on this possibility?
-nancy
The idea of first being born of water has me starting to look at the Nicodemus passage differently. I can't get the idea that first born of water has nothing to do with baptism in water but being in the mothers womb surrounded by a sac of amniotic fluid. When the time for birth comes, that sack of water bursts, and the baby is born in a rush of water, entering the world as a new creature. Born again=begotten again. I have also been thinking that water baptism is simply a public confession to celebrate new life and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord. Also, I think the act itself, signifies the washing away of sins.
"1Peter 1:23 - for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God."
Anybody have any thoughts on this possibility?
-nancy