GINOLJC, to all.
#1. Romans 7:20 "Now if I do that I would not,
it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth
in me." do you see it now? if not let us explain in as short of time as we can. I asked you the difference between Sin and iniquity right. do you know the difference. now if you do, then I ask you, do you let sin reign, or rule in your mortal body? of course not. Romans 6:12 "
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof."
do you understand now CharismaticLady?. look, sin is in you because it was condemn in your flesh. Romans 8:3 "For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh,
and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:" when you say that you're without sin, as John said YOU LIE, and we all are TEMPTED. now if you know the difference between Sin and iniquity then you can overcome the sin that dwells in YOU. and as for baptism is your proof of a answer to a good conscience toward 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:" YOU DID NOT GET THAT, DID YOU...

did you see what God almighty just did, by putting in a 2, (two), very small OVERLOOKED words which many, yes, overlooked, the word, "also", and "now". as in, "
even baptism doth also now save us". see water Baptism not only show your death to GOD, as the Lord JESUS "ALSO", but it "ANSWERS" a GOOD conscience toward God. and if you know the difference between Sin and iniquity, YOU will answer God in that consciousness of GRACE that he has given us.
I'll help you out a little.. ok, Romans 6:12 "
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that
ye should obey it
in the lusts thereof." BINGO.
Romans 6:13 "
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin:
but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God." BINGO, oh man this is good stuff here.
Romans 6:14 "
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law,
but under grace." MY God how plain can one get.
now lets break this down a bit. verse 12, "
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body". let is an act of the will, correct. now where is the will found at? in our consciousness. ...

now what did God say by his chosen apostle Peter? lets check the record. 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:"
say what? "
the answer of a good conscience toward God?" now what is that? I could tell you, but I'm sure you already KNOW, or at least I hope you know. because this is why WATER BAPTISM is so IMPORTANT, it witness with your conscious.. (smile)... oh how the Lord is such a GREAT teacher to those who have ears to hear. that's why the devil have put it in some hearts to say, "Oh you don't need to be WATER BAPTIZE"... LOL, boy that devil, he's nothing but a deciever. see, Baptism is a powerful .... "WITNESS", and without power, the devil will rule in your life. that's why I know that John the Baptist who Baptized with WATER is one of the TWO WITNESS, and his Water baptism is still witnessing ... TODAY. just as the apostle Peter wrote, listen, "The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us", NOW, NOW, NOW, not just when you first got baptize, but NOW, NOW, NOW, it even SAVE US. as the Lord said again by his chosen apostle Paul, "And be found in him,
not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law,
but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means
I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus." Philippians 3:9 - 12 (KJV)
did you hear what the Lord Jesus, God almighty is saying through his choisen apostle? "
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection" and one cannot KNOW the power of his, the Lord Jesus, resurrection until they themselves answer to God in the same GOOD conscience...
so all those who don't believe you have to be WATER BAPTIZED to be ... SAVE, not just delievered, but as the Lord Jesus chosen apostle said, "NOW", present, today, yesterday, and forevermore, are SAVED. are you reading CharismaticLady? oh if I had the time to edify you in this knowledge.
we suggest you re-read Romans the whole book and 1st. and 2nd Peter also. and maybe this post....
PICJAG.