101G
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Mark 16:16 "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned."
in order to get in Christ one must die to the old nature .... and Baptism do that for us, and not really dying a natural death, (if not nessary). as the apostle Peter said by 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:"
the baptism itself don't save you, JESUS "SAVE", but to get to Jesus one is buried with him in his death... and the important part is to rise from death into newness of LIFE, 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." THIS IS IMPORTANT.
Romans 6:5 "For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:"
again, one cannot LIVE with Christ unless one has died, ..... and rose, hence is what baptism do for us. because dead people, (not alive to God), are not in Christ. for the apostle Peter got it right, "not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God" this is the LIFE and DEATH we speak of. for water baptism is natural/carnal, a material thing. but the obedience to it is LIFE and PEACE in Christ Jesus. for if one is not rose, or come alive to God then there is no placement in the body of Christ, untill the death... baptism. for Christ is not dead, for dead sons cannot inherent the Kingdom, hence the belief.
so it is through the obediance to the Faith which is in Christ Jesus that one is water baptized. Mark 16:16 "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned." THAT VERY LAST PART OF MARK IS SO IMPORTANT TO KNOW. hint for the DEAD in Christ ... rise first
PICJAG.
in order to get in Christ one must die to the old nature .... and Baptism do that for us, and not really dying a natural death, (if not nessary). as the apostle Peter said by 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:"
the baptism itself don't save you, JESUS "SAVE", but to get to Jesus one is buried with him in his death... and the important part is to rise from death into newness of LIFE, 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." THIS IS IMPORTANT.
Romans 6:5 "For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:"
again, one cannot LIVE with Christ unless one has died, ..... and rose, hence is what baptism do for us. because dead people, (not alive to God), are not in Christ. for the apostle Peter got it right, "not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God" this is the LIFE and DEATH we speak of. for water baptism is natural/carnal, a material thing. but the obedience to it is LIFE and PEACE in Christ Jesus. for if one is not rose, or come alive to God then there is no placement in the body of Christ, untill the death... baptism. for Christ is not dead, for dead sons cannot inherent the Kingdom, hence the belief.
so it is through the obediance to the Faith which is in Christ Jesus that one is water baptized. Mark 16:16 "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned." THAT VERY LAST PART OF MARK IS SO IMPORTANT TO KNOW. hint for the DEAD in Christ ... rise first
PICJAG.