Jesus shed his blood in his death (John 19:34, Matt 26:28, Heb 9:22). We by faith are buried into his death in baptism and are therein raised from the dead (Romans 6:3-4) being spiritually cleansed by faith in the working of God (Col.2:11-12). And what exactly is the working of God in this context? It is His work of the cleansing blood of His Son upon the repentant soul who obeys the gospel. This is the reason we are raised to walk in newness of life when we arise from the waters of baptism! There are few things clearly and powerfully taught in the pages of the New Testament as the necessity of baptism for the remission of sins (Acts 2:38, 22:16). Why are so many missing it?
Some questions covered are:
- Is baptism into Christ now an "anti-type" of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ? (1 Pet. 3:21)
- What about the Thief on the Cross?
- What did Jesus really mean in Mark 16:16 - "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved. He that believeth not shall be damned."
- When exactly is one baptized into Christ, and what are the blessings of such?
- Does one have to confess "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God?"
- How do you address one who hypothetically does not have the opportunity to be baptized to be saved?
- What about the human cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer, Was he saved when he obeyed the gospel by being baptized when he was in prison?
- Who is the founder of the church of Christ?
- Is one saved before they die without being baptized into Christ for the remission of sins?
- If one obeys the gospel by being correctly baptized into Christ but then becomes a member of a denominational Church, is he or she a brother or sister in Christ?
- What is the reason one is baptized in a denominational Church. Is it because they are already saved, or are they baptized to be saved?
