• 21 Reasons to Be Baptized

     
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    Published on 02-22-2012 01:26 PM  Number of Views: 330  
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    1. Baptism stands between the sinner and rejoicing. (Acts 8:39)
    2. Baptism stands between the sinner and calling on the name of the Lord. (Acts 22:16)
    3. Baptism stands between the sinner and the death of Christ. (Romans 6:3)
    4. Baptism stands between the sinner and the blood of Christ. (Romans 6:3)
    5. Baptism stands between the sinner and getting into Christ. (Romans 6:3; Galatians 3:27)
    6. Baptism stands between the sinner and the resurrection. (Colossians 2:12; Rom. 6:5)
    7. Baptism stands between the sinner and the new life. (Romans 6:4)
    8. Baptism stands between the sinner and putting on Christ. (Galatians 3:27)
    9. Baptism stands between the sinner and cleansing. (Ephesians 5:26; Rev. 1:5)
    10. Baptism stands between the sinner and sanctification. (Ephesians 5:26)
    11. Baptism stands between the sinner and justification. (1 Corinthians 6:11)
    12. Baptism stands between the sinner and becoming a new creature. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
    13. Baptism stands between the sinner and the one body. (1 Corinthians 12:13)
    14. Baptism stands between the sinner and regeneration. (Titus 3:5)
    15. Baptism stands between the sinner and entrance into the Kingdom of God. (John 3:3, 5)
    16. Baptism stands between the sinner and relations with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. (Matt. 28:19)
    17. Baptism stands between being called faithful and unfaithful. (John 14:15, 23)
    18. Baptism stands between the sinner and the example of obedience set by Jesus our Lord. (Matt. 3: 13, 17)
    19. Baptism stands between the sinner and salvation. (Mark 16:16)
    20. Baptism stands between the sinner and remission of sins. (Acts 2:38)
    21. Baptism stands between the sinner and the washing away of sins. (Acts 22:16)
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      mountravlr - 02-22-2012, 04:52 PM
      Very persuasive indeed. Even more fundamentally, I had always been taught that "conversion" stood in the way of salvation, Matt. 13:15, Matt. 18:3, Luke 22:32, Acts 3:19, Acts 15:3, James 5:19-20, with baptism being the culmination of the "new birth", John 3:5.This certainly harmonizes with the above cited passages like Mark 16:16.