Manji Posted September 24, 2006 Group: Junior Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 99 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/13/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/12/1982 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Do you have to be baptized to be right with God? If you do not get baptized and do everything else will that be okay with God? Or is it a neccessity to all Christians for all Christians to be baptized? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RaptorGod Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkieDannsa' Air An Drochaid Posted September 24, 2006 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 59 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,390 Content Per Day: 0.21 Reputation: 9 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/24/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted September 24, 2006 Being baptized is a first thing in obedience to God in Christ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiosh Posted September 24, 2006 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 73 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,663 Content Per Day: 0.52 Reputation: 5 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/20/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted September 24, 2006 Baptism is not neccessary for salvation. You can be saved without being immersed. God instructed us to be baptised. If one is saved, and it is possible to be baptised, it is going against God's instruction to not be baptised. Refusing baptism is an act of rebellion. I would generally agree with hr. And I would add, if you desired baptism and could not receive it, or if for some reason you did not know you should be baptized, we leave that to the mercy of God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naziyr Posted September 24, 2006 Group: Junior Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 0 Topics Per Day: 0 Content Count: 113 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/15/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/30/1984 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Scripture commands us to be baptized, so in that context, if we disobey the commandment, are we showing a serving heart towards G-d or ourselves? Disobedience is the sign of an unfaithful servant. (First thing Paul did after Jesus revealed himself, and directly after recieving faith was....) "And Ananias went away and entered into the house. And putting hands on him he said, Brother Saul, the L-rd has sent me, Jesus, the One who appeared to you in the highway on which you came, that you may see and be filled of the Holy Spirit. And instantly it was as if scales fell away from his eyes. And rising up at the thing happening, he was baptized. And taking food he was strengthened. And Saul was with the disciples in Damascus some days. And at once in the synagogues he proclaimed the Christ, that this One is the Son of G-d." Acts 9:17-20 (LITV) Yes, baptized immediately upon having Faith. We must begin our journey in obedience to Christ, and what the scriptures have told us, and shown us by example. You will see that immediately following conversions, people were baptized. Does this mean that those who cannot be baptized are forsaken? Certainly not. Men on death row may come to the knowledge of Christ, and still recieve salvation even though they cannot be baptized. Shalom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevin Posted September 26, 2006 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 17 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 206 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/25/1978 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Being baptized is a first thing in obedience to God in Christ. i agree 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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