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The apostle Peter writes certain words about baptism that are strange to our ears and that we might be reluctant to say. Some quote these words in defense of their doctrine of baptism, for they believe that baptism saves. The Reformed must not be shy about this text, for, it too, is given by inspira
Baptism
There are several Scripture passages which emphasize the saving power of baptism. The Apostle Peter writes in I Peter 3:21 that "baptism doth also now save us . . . ." Baptism functions in our lives in a saving way. In Acts 22 Paul records his conversion on the Damascus road and his subsequent call
The first is that because the baptisms that we typically witness are those administered to infants, and that itself is a wonderful thing, but we witness few adult baptisms, we might suppose that baptism is a sacrament for infants, and mainly for infants, and only concerns infants, and there's li
Question 69, how art thou admonished and assured by holy baptism that the one sacrifice of Christ upon the cross is of real advantage to thee? Answer thus, that Christ appointed this external washing with water, adding thereto this promise, that I am as certainly washed by his blood and spirit
By means of this incorporation into Christ we are delivered from the world, from death and guilt, from our own flesh, and brought into fellowship with our Covenant God: The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Baptism signifies heaven for us, everlasting life and glory, righteousness. That is the sign of b