John 1:12
Baptism is not necessary for salvation because all you need to do is believe in Jesus to be saved. All you need to do is to trust Christ for salvation. These are the assertions made in the anti-baptism arguments. So, let’s turn our examination to the scriptures offered by these anti-baptism proponents. In this podcast, we look at the assertions made in the article from GotQuestions.Org titled “Does Acts 2:38 Teach Baptism for the Remission of Sins?”
That article presents the main arguments of the anti-baptism side very well. The article concludes with a list of nine scriptures commonly used to support the view that water baptism is NOT necessary for salvation. As we shine a critical light on each of these scriptures and their associated conclusions, we will discover five basic errors.
Five Common Errors
The first common error occurs in interpretation. We’ll see a misapplication or misunderstanding regarding the scripture being used.
The second error unfolds when we apply, what I call the “all / only” assumption. I explain this shortly.
The third error is that the scripture chosen as the proof text to prove that baptism has nothing to do with salvation, has nothing to do with baptism. Baptism is never even mentioned.
The fourth error is the now familiar mistake of deeming baptism as a work of human effort.
The fifth and infrequently used error occurs when we equate baptism with Old Testament Laws and rituals such as circumcision or sacrifices.
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