The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-04-16

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There are f~u extreme positions 10
reterpnr. 10 baptism pne that bsp-
iiasn IL ..asrnsiai 20 salvation. aaoth'
rr that baptism IL nus essential ard
IL nnsrnportant Neither OF these
vt.ww IL correct. let us tab" God y
~ora and look inta Il ~ith reference
la this sub rr, In the third chapter
ri John s.. have. Except q man he
born of water aud II The spirit nc
cannot eater lnto the kingdom OF
God ". have 80 Interpret scripture
by scripture and II ali acgsptur. were
la accord With this paasaSe. we might
take this Interpretation There are
these who sag one must be baptized
and then born ~ the spirit Peter
said Repent. and be bap'issd every
on. of sou Ia thp name Of desnN
Christ for the remission of Sins. and
Ne shall receive tn" gift of The Holy
Spirit, Then Anauias came To Paul
wash away Thy sins. calling on the
name Of the Lord These three paA.
sages ! hayt read as representative
passages from that circle of scFiptur.
from which people get their ideas
that baptism II essential tn salvation.
We have TO harmonic scripture to
arrive NJ q true position for We know
that God y word speaks with one
voice. Paul was commanded TO arts.
and b. hapiised. and wash away his
sins. Does this mean the water is to
wash away the sins? No. this Is fig
uratiye language~-not literal, Peter
standing before the people says Re
pent and he baptised for the remis-
sion of sins and yc shall receive the
gift of the Holy Ghost, From this
we might infer that man could re-
ceive the Holy Spirit after baptism
but no such inference is correct
for we remember when Peter came
down to the home OF Cornelius, they
had already received the Holy Ghost
before they were baptised Repent
and be baptised for the remission
Of sins He can mean. in order to. or
because Of The word translated
for can look back to spiritual
cleansing that has already taken
place. What does 1t mean here?
There is one idea that baptism is
and another idea that
is declarative. Does this or
finance procure salvation or does it
leclare it?
Does it bring about the cleansing
II does it symbolic that which has
already taken place? Here are some
reasons why baptism does not pro-
cure salvation. All the essentials to
are stated positively and
negatively in Gods word Let us take
repentance first. Repent ye there
fore, and be converted that your
sins may be blotted out This is the
positive statement. The negative is
Except We repent ye shall all like
wise perish Take the word believe
He that believeth and is baptised
shall be saved, and he that believeth
not shall be doomed. Take
confession--this is also stated posi-
lively and negatively. 'Whosoevel
will confess me before men, him
shall the Son of Man also confess
before the angels of God. but he
that denieth me before men shall be
denied before the angels of God The
same thought is expressed in Romans
With the heart man believth unto
righteousness With the mouth con
fession is made with salvation
These three essentials to salvation
are stated both positively and mega
lively in Gods word. Now take the
word baptism and see if we can fine
where baptism is used positively
alone. In no place is this stated neg
atively-that is if one is not baptis
ed he shall be lost. Then this is The
first reason why baptism is not pro
curative. The second reason Is be
cause the Bible teaches that baptism
is symbolic. Christ said when Hs
instituted the Lords supper This Is
my body and blood. Did he mear
this was his actual body and blood
The Catholics say it is. We don't be
lieve this. They stand for something
else they are symbols-there il
nothing procuratiye in the Lords
| supper IN is symbolic declares
that Christ shed his blood ana pour
gd ont his soul for the lost world
| if lu baptism ones sins are washed
away. chem it is not The blood of Je
u Christ that ciesnseth IA This
To- a dccaatiye ordinance. ~ yot
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