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Question:  WHY SPEND SO MUCH TIME DISCUSSING BAPTISM?

Consider the relation of baptism to salvation:

PASSAGES:
     1. Mark 16:16: "He that believeth and is baptized shall be
saved."  1) Believe. 2) Baptism 3) Saved.
     Question: Is baptism presented as a condition of salvation in
the great commission?
     
     2. Acts 2:38: "Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in
the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins."  1)
Repent. 2) Baptized. 3) Remission of sins.
     Question: Is baptism presented as a condition of salvation in
Peter's sermon? Is there perfect harmony between the two
statements==Acts 2:38 and Mark 16:15,16)?

     3. Acts 22:16: "Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy
sins." 1) Baptized. 2) Wash away sins.

     4. 1 Pet. 3:21. "After a true likeness doth now save you even
baptism." 1) Baptism. 2) Save.
      
IN CHRIST:
     SALVATION IS IN CHRIST (2 TIM.2:10)
          We are baptized into Christ (Gal.3:26,27)
     WE ARE NEW CREATURES IN CHRIST (2 COR.5:17)
          We are baptized into Christ (Rom.6:3,4)

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