Izzy wrote: > The Lord said Get baptized, so I got baptized. > Twice, in fact. ... Does that mean I got saved > twice, David?
:-) No. I've known people who have said the "sinner's prayer" more than once, but we don't say that they were saved twice. :-) We might say the same thing about expressing saving faith in Jesus Christ. I hope the faith is a continual thing and not a one time event of the past. There are two Scriptural examples where baptism does not save. One is found in Acts 10 with the household of Cornelius. The other would be the baptism of Jesus Christ himself, although in the case of Jesus, I don't think we have any example of anyone being saved by the baptism of John. Examples of baptism not saving does not discredit those examples where it does save. In other words, the internal work and spiritual baptism that takes place when one engages in water baptism by faith is not always the same in all people. We all know examples of people who have expressed faith in the Lord, but later fell away. Peace be with you. David Miller, Beverly Hills, Florida. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
