Hi everyone,
I’ve started a new thread on this subject as a “fresh start” from the old one, which was, to say the least, very saddening. I’ve attached a document containing my thoughts on the subject of “should we still baptise with water today?”
I would just like to preface my response by adding a few comments...
1) “Whenever someone teaches a doctrine that is contrary to popular opinion, most people automatically reject it without thinking it through. This is especially true in the matter of water baptism.” [Kramer] Please endeavour to be like the Bereans.
2) I’m sharing this because I want input. God help me to have a teachable spirit, and may this document come to naught if it is not of Him. I’m fully aware of the great tendency to resist water baptism because I have never been baptised. I’m also aware that the paper contradicts 2000 years of Church history... so I post this with trembling...
3) I’ve come a long way in my understanding of Acts the past 2 weeks. Thanks everyone for your input so far. I see that almost all references to baptism in Acts are referring to water, and indeed, that the apostles were performing the act symbolically.
4) By Holy Spirit Baptism I do NOT mean a second blessing.
5) I am NOT an advocate of [water] baptismal regeneration, nor the necessity of [water] baptism to be saved. Not so with spiritual baptism
6) I am an advocate of salvation by faith ALONE.
7) Please bear with me. It is hard reading, I know! Some of the objections and answer should have been placed in the main body of each section, but I will get to that in due time... The document is actually half a refutation, and half new thoughts.
8) Sorry I couldn't post a pdf... the size exceeded the limit
See this
article ARTICLE, written by Dr. Robert D. Luginbill. He makes some very pertinent points which I have not raised in the paper, which you would do well to read before replying. Read with care, though, because the article he refers to, “Peter #27, "Three Doctrines which Threaten Faith” is erroneous.
Happy reading!
I wait with bated breath
